Bangladesh agriculture

Bangladesh agriculture

Infographic: TBS

Boro harvest cools rice prices, but farmers worry over paddy rates

In the capital’s wholesale markets, BRRI-28 rice is selling at Tk58–60 per kg, Guti Shorna at Tk53–54, and Paijam at Tk55–57

File photo shows a farmer carrying rice paddy. Photo: TBS

Real challenges in agriculture: What’s blocking Bangladesh’s farmers from expected gains

A farmer tends to a bean tree at a farmland in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila. Shrinking profit margin in the “capital of beans” is dragging down the country’s exports of the vegetable. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Sitakunda bean farmers switch to other crops due to low price, high production cost

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Cyclone Michaung dents potato, mustard production in Bangladesh

File Photo: Farmers harvest rice in a field in Chainat province, Thailand, August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Despite 3rd in rice production, Bangladesh lags behind in productivity growth

Agri loans remain strong as credit, recovery grow

Agri loans remain strong as credit, recovery grow

Govt pressed to reopen urea factories as boro season looms amid gas, cash crunch

Govt pressed to reopen urea factories as boro season looms amid gas, cash crunch

Dr FH Ansari talks about Bangladesh’s agriculture

Dr FH Ansari talks about Bangladesh’s agriculture