Farmers of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Joypurhat and Naogaon yesterday staged demonstrations and held rallies in front of the deputy commissioner's and food controller's offices in their respective districts to realise their seven-point demand.

Chilli farmers of Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts are happy due to its bumper production and good market prices during the ongoing harvesting season.

Lalmonirhat farmers are happy as they are getting ample production of maize and its fair prices in the local markets this year.

Vermicompost fertilizer is gaining popularity in three unions under Fulchhari upazila of the district as it gives higher yield of crops

Farmers of the district are frustrated as buying of boro paddy from them directly is yet to start after an order from the government.

Frustration has gripped farmers as paddy price continues to be low in the markets. Besides, delay in the rice procurement drive of the government in Dinajpur, Joypurhat and Naogaon is also allegedly depriving farmers of fair prices for their produce.

Jute plants on vast tracts of land are drying up due to unceasing drought that has been prevailing in Fulchhari

Bumper yield of boro paddy has failed to please farmers this year as they aren't getting fair prices due to an absence of buyers. Some of

Hailstorm damaged crops on around 1,500 bighas of land in eight villages of Mogholhat union under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila on

Farmers in 12 upazilas of the district are busy harvesting and processing early planted boro paddy. Though there is a labour crisis in

Flooding and erosion threatens the country's largest seed farm covering 1,044 acres of land in Dashmina upazila under the district.

With sudden rise of water level in the Jamuna, flash floods inundated immature kali boro, an early variety of boro paddy, on 20 hectares of

Mindless use of public roads for threshing paddy during the ongoing harvesting season is disrupting vehicular movement in different areas of the district.

Saline water from nearby Karkhana River badly damaged standing crops on around 2,000 acres of land of six villages in Kachipara union of Baufal upazila under the district as tidal surges flooded the lands in absence of any protection embankment.

Watermelon farmers in Patuakhali district are very happy due to a bumper yield and good prices this year. Watermelons from this area

Scientists of Regional Horticulture Research Station in Chapainawabganj have developed a late variety of plum that blossoms after harvesting of other plums in the usual season.

Different crops including watermelon, teel, mustard, maize, chilli, ground nut, and dal on several hundred acres of land at Devpur

Cultivation of bitter gourd in Lalmonirhat has increased from last year as farmers are earning good profits from selling high-yield

String bean farmers in Kulaura upazila of the district are happy with a bumper yield and good prices for the vegetable this season.

Speakers yesterday called for adopting a planned water management system for all seasons to overcome drought, flood and river erosion across the country.