Our Correspondent: A good number of farmers in Patuakhali, Barguna and Jhalakathi districts are engaged in commercial cultivation of Bombay chilli on around 1,000 acres of land. Bombay chilli is cultivated on commercial basis in 16 out of 19 villages of Atghar-Kuriana union under Swarupkathi upazila, said Md Shahidullah, upazila agriculture officer of Swarupkathi. “Around 5,000 seedlings are planted in […]

Lalmonirhat Correspondent: These farmers do not have lands. But they have ideas that have made them owners of virtual farmland. Landless and marginal farmers in Lalmonirhat are planting vegetables on floating farms made on water hyacinth beds in the water bodies in the region. In around 25 villages in the Teesta and Dharla river basin areas of three upazilas of […]

Pirojpur Correspondent: The commercial cultivation and production targets of Bombay chilli at seven upazilas here have exceeded the previous records. A total of 732 hectares of land in the upazilas have been brought under its cultivation. Meanwhile, many people have become self-reliant through farming the chilli variety in recent years. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) source said, the farmers […]

Rajshahi Correspondent: Cage culture has bright prospects of yielding around 10,000 metric tons of additional fishes valued at around Taka 150 crore only in two rivers of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts annually, reports BSS. Prospect of commercial fish farming in river and different other open water bodies is always bright that can supplement the government effort to boost fish production […]

Bangladesh Agricultural University Correspondent: Bangladesh can grab a large slice of the billion dollar global ‘Pangas’ fish market as breeding of Vietnamese White Muscle ‘Pangas’ shows a great prospect in the country. Supervised by Harunur Rashid, Prof. of Fisheries Management Department of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), ‘Sarnolota Agro Fisheries’, a private farm at Fulbaria in Mymensingh, succeeds in breeding and […]

Barisal Correspondent: When the sky is grey and heavy rains have reached the south, villagers take to small boats, not merely for transport but to harvest guava. It’s a busy time. In Barisal Division, the monsoon means bounty, a fleeting abundance of the popular subtropical fruit. As guavas fall naturally from their stalks when ripe and because rotting sets in […]

Lalmonirhat Correspondent: Vegetable cultivation on floating gardens prepared in abandoned water bodies brings good prospect for marginal farmers at villages in Teesta River basin areas of Aditmari upazila under Lalmonirhat district. Around 100 marginal farmers at Gobordhon, Balapara, Kutirpar and Char Gobordhon villages under Mohiskhocha union in Aditmari upzila have benefited by cultivating vegetables on floating beds in this season. […]

Bangladesh Agricultural University Correspondent: Besides being one of life’s little pleasures, fruit is an essential source of nutrition. In the interests of promoting an abundance of fruit, the Germplasm Centre of the Bangladesh Agricultural University is constantly striving to develop new varieties suitable for local conditions. The hope is to offer the public more fruit all-year-round, by protecting endangered fruit […]

Chittagong Correspondent: The country’s first animal blood bank has been opened in Chittagong. The SA Kaderi Teaching Veterinary Hospital opened the first animal blood bank in an attempt to make blood more readily available for injured and sick pets. Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) organised a workshop titled “Establishment of Animal Blood Bank” on its campus on April […]