Bangladesh agriculture

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Agriculture

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
Agriculture

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
Agriculture

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

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Agriculture

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
Bangladesh

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

Agri loans remain strong as credit, recovery grow
Banking

Agri loans remain strong as credit, recovery grow

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

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

Dr FH Ansari talks about Bangladesh’s agriculture
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Dr FH Ansari talks about Bangladesh’s agriculture