Agriculture

Agriculture

Rice yields increase over 20% using alternate wetting, drying method: Study

Rice yields increase over 20% using alternate wetting, drying method: Study

Photo: BSS

Fruit mixed farming becomes popular, profitable in Rajshahi

Representational image. Photo: BSS

Mustard cultivation hits record in Ctg, production up 13 times in 10 years

Photo: UNB

Bangladesh's potato powerhouse status under spotlight at global festival

Photo: Mahadi Hasan/TBS

Bangladesh should expand tech-driven agriculture: Shafiqul

winter vegetable cultivation began in the first week of November. Photo: BSS

Narail targets over 74,000 tonnes of winter vegetables

Farida Akhter, adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. Photo: Collected

Uncontrolled pesticide use making food a source of disease, warns Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Affairs Adviser Farida Akhter. Sketch: TBS

Farida for subsidies on fisheries, livestock

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Tk4,000cr saved in one year, more savings planned in fertiliser subsidy

File photo of onion. Photo: TBS

Onion imports withheld to protect farmers: Agriculture adviser

TBS Illustration

Multiple agencies on ground, yet none forecasts agricultural demand or supply

Rows of seedlings line the vegetable nurseries of Someshpur village in Burichang Upazila, Cumilla, now a key supply hub serving all 64 districts. Supported by Kalakchua, Nimsar, and Dhaklapara, it draws traders nationwide. Photo taken recently. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Sameshpur: Bangladesh's unlikely seedling capital

A farmer tends an Artemia cultivation pond at the trial site in Cox’s Bazar’s Battola, where integrated Artemia–salt farming is being tested. The fieldwork supports a new method developed by Chittagong University researchers to enable dual production on the same land. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh develops first integrated method to farm Artemia, salt on same land