About 1,000 acres of land is lying uncultivated due to lack of irrigation facilities in Kawadighi haor of Moulvibazar Sadar upazila.

In the last week of December, 2021, I heard an interesting story of a young man, who has built his dream around the bees.

A student in Harinakundu upazila of Jhenidah has seen the face of success cultivating flowers, especially rose and tuberose (rajanigandha).

African country South Sudan wants to lease its vast fallow land to Bangladesh for producing crops.

A remote village in Panchagarh’s Tentulia upazila is now abuzz with visitors from various parts of Bangladesh after eight farmers harvested high-value tulip flowers under a pilot scheme.  

Around 20,000 farmers in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram who cultivated cauliflower and cabbage have been left pleasantly surprised by unexpected profits this year following significant losses in 2021, when nationwide lockdowns were imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.

When it comes to growing pineapples, Rangamati is on the frontlines of the race. Due to the region’s favourable weather, thousands of tonnes of pineapple is produced here alone.

Vast swathes of cropland in the northern districts have been affected due to water-logging caused by rainfall that lasted from Friday morning until early the next day, with farmers apprehending losses.

Farmers are expanding cultivation of hybrid rice to reap benefits of higher yield than inbred varieties and profit from sale of the staple food.

The government is preparing a roadmap to increase rice production in the next two years, as the country is still struggling to contain the staple food’s price despite achieving record production, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

This was supposed to be their time of the year. There’s Pahela Falgun, then there’s Valentine’s Day, both occasions where people buy flowers to give to their loved ones.

Boro cultivation in going on in full swing in all the upazilas of the district.

The government will need Tk 28,000 crore in subsidies for fertiliser in the current fiscal year due to an unusual rise in its price in the international market, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

I have always said, “Before investing in agriculture, one must know where and why he is investing.” Without foreseeing the success or challenges there is always a risk ahead.

Bangladesh has sought advanced technological support from Denmark for processing agricultural products and increasing export.

Farmers in Dinajpur who cultivate aromatic Kataribhog rice are now delighted at prices having substantially increased recently as demand has gone up.

Bangladesh will host the 36th Regional Conference -- for Asia and the Pacific -- of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for the first time since it joined the organisation in 1973.

Non-agricultural use of land especially for the development purpose has recently seen a sharp increase in Sylhet division. By filling croplands, houses, roads, buildings and business establishments are being built in an unplanned manner.

Maize is being traded for as much as Tk 30 per kilogramme (kg), the highest on record in Bangladesh, influenced by high international prices, a development that has created interest among many growers to expand cultivation of the grain, a key ingredient for poultry, cattle and fish feed.

Hundreds of farmers in Sunamganj are in fear of losing their Boro paddy to floods as the authorities concerned are delaying the repair of levees.