Farmers

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Corporates

Selecting sensors for smart crop management can maximise farmers’ benefits

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Agriculture

Farmers can now take loans against goods in warehouses

Golden Rice contains beta-carotene, which is not present in white rice. It can combat the vitamin-A deficiency prevalent in developing countries like Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Despite opposition, GMO may be the way forward

The Equity and Justice Working Group organised a humain chain programme in front of the National Press Club on 6 May. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Rights civil society orgs oppose IMF loan conditions

A farmer takes a break from harvesting to drink water amid the ongoing scorcher across the country. With temperatures soaring, many farmers are opting to work at night to avoid the intense sun. Those working during the day are staying hydrated with plenty of water, lemonade, and saline to endure the heat. The photo was taken recently from a paddy field in Bhaluka, Mymensingh. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Agriculture

Unbearable heat, venomous snakes: The long April for farmers

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Bangladesh

Sweat, songs and sun glare: The Bangladeshi farmers braving intense heat to keep pantries stocked

File photo of different varieties of rice. Photo: TBS
Agriculture

Farmers to get fair price for rice: Agriculture minister

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Jeddah on 5 March 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Bangladesh seeks to send more agriculturists, trained farmers to Saudi Arabia

Police move a makeshift barricade at the site of a protest as farmers march towards New Delhi to push for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu Barrier, the border between Punjab and Haryana states, India February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

Protesting Indian farmers burn effigies of Modi and other ministers

A nihang or Sikh warrior sits on makeshift bunker at a protest site where farmers are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu Barrier, a border between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

With spears and shields, India's Nihang Sikh warriors join farmers' protest

Farmers attempt to march to the frontline of a protest, at a site where there are farmers who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu barrier, a border between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

India offers protesting farmers support prices on corn, cotton, pulses

Workers harvest cantaloupe at a farm in California, on 13 July 2023. Photo: Bloomberg
Global Economy

War, extreme weather and aging workers makes farming a tough job

Trolleys belonging to farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, are parked on a national highway at Shambhu, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
South Asia

Indian farmers to postpone protest march to Delhi as talks with govt continue