In an interview in 2010, Ramnivas Agarwala, owner of Annapurna Organic Fertiliser Factory in Nilphamari, said, "Soil is the mother. Soil says you give me 10kg of seeds and one maund of fertiliser. In return, I give you 50 maunds of paddy and 50 maunds of straw. Have you ever wondered where it comes from? It comes from my own body. You do one thing; you keep the paddy and give me the straw. You are my children. I wonder what will happen to you when I (soil) will die. So, keep me alive for your own sake.'' The philosophical thoughts from Ramnivas inspired me.

A total of 44 persons and organisations today (October 12, 2022) received Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award for their outstanding contribution to different fields of agriculture – for the Bangla years of 1425 and 1426.

After a long wait, Zillur Rahman was sworn in as the president of Bangladesh on February 12, 2009, a month after the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister (PM) and the new cabinet. A few days later, a grand reception was held at Bangabhaban, where the president and the prime minister were surrounded by all the noted persons of the country.

Nurul Haque received the gold medal for successfully producing Mola fish fingerlings at a hatchery, after collecting the fish species from natural water resources and different waterbodies. Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque handed him the award a few days back. It was Nurul’s fifth national award.

Hundreds of farmers demonstrated in Rangpur’s Pirganj upazila yesterday, protesting the shortage of urea fertilizer during the peak of Aman season.

Hundreds of farmers, who are facing urea fertiliser crisis, blocked Rangpur-Dhaka highway for an hour this morning (September 10, 2022), saying that their cultivation will be affected if that fail to fertilise their cropland within a day or two.

Aman growers in the district are compelled to buy non-urea fertilisers at high prices during the ongoing cultivation season due to scanty supply of the important element.

The Ministry of Agriculture has instructed its field level officials across the country to ensure that farmers do not have to stand in line to buy fertilisers.

Planting of Aman seedlings has suffered a setback this season as it is so far 14 percent less than the target set by the government.

The government would consider giving diesel to farmers at subsidised prices,Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

Boro cultivation does not deplete groundwater as it requires only 661 litres of water, according to a study.

Samples of TSP fertilizer from a state-owned fertilizer factory in Chattogram showed signs of adulteration after being tested.

Due to minimal rainfall, cultivation of Aman paddy in Chattogram has witnessed a setback.

Sugarcane production and acreages in Bangladesh have more than halved in the last two decades as farmers find it difficult to generate a steady stream of profit from the crop, official figures showed.  

A government project undertaken to supply drinking water to locals in Gaibandha’s Gobindganj by re-excavating ponds has been rendered fruitless, with the zila parishad leasing out many of the waterbodies for fish farming.

Nowadays, there are thousands of successful women farmers across the country and many of them have become entrepreneurs and created employment opportunities for both men and women. Johora Akhter is one such innovative woman farmer.

The government is trying to make an all-out effort to ensure a good Aman harvest, ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply to farmers for irrigation as it looks to ensure food security amid global economic uncertainty.

Several hundred farmers blocked a road in Kaharol upazila town for one and a half hours yesterday in protest of not getting their required fertiliser from a government-enlisted dealer.

High cost of irrigation has delt a severe blow to Aman farmers of Pabna region in this unusually dry rainy season.

Despite being delicious, pineapples grown in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila have grabbed media headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last few years.