Dhaka, 2 July, 2020: Agriculture Minister issues Gazette notification demarcating boundaries of area to be used for farming in 3,600 ha in Moragahakanda-Kaluganga Mahaweli ‘F’ zone Area declared as green organic zone, free from agro-chemical, pesticide use Program to be implemented under public-private partnership Products to be supplied to local and foreign markets under ‘Mahaweli […]
Dhaka, 27 June, 2020: Lifetime Natural Organic Farm, which includes about 25 acres of raised-bed bio-intensive organic vegetables, this year invested an additional $500,000 to increase plantings and seek new business. The move, which brought the farm’s total capital investment to $1 million, is paying off in a big way. Lifetime, already a supplier to Whole […]
Dhaka, 22 June, 2020: These pictures of floating gardens shot in Barisal’s Banaripara is a testament that how farmers in Bangladesh, through various adaptive and coping mechanisms, are staying productive and facing the challenges of climate change effectively Farmers in some parts of Bangladesh have developed floating gardens in which plants can be grown on […]
Dhaka, 12 June, 2020: Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in waterbodies or ponds, has drawn huge response from farmers in different areas of Sylhet district . This method of vegetable cultivation is gaining popularity among farmers as it requires less fertilizer and pesticides. Besides, the demand for these vegetables […]
Dhaka, 31 May, 2020: The district was always acclaimed for its fertile soil and high productivity with a recent trend of overusing chemical fertilizers instead of organic ones, to grow larger batches of crops, thus ruining the soil Cultivating with chemical fertilizers is increasing crop production in Kushtia but threatens the fertility of the soil […]
Dhaka, 20 May, 2020: Guava cultivation is gaining popularity among farmers in the eight upazilas of Jashore district for repeated abundant yield and fair prices.Sources said, a good number of farmers have shifted to guava farming as the fruit brings healthy returns. Over 935 hectares of land have been brought under guava cultivation this season, […]
Dhaka, 16 May, 2020: Rapid human population growth poses many challenges, especially food shortages, malnutrition, limited means of irrigation and shrinking land resources besides deteriorating environmental quality. Sustainable intensification of agricultural production systems is needed today to address the ever-increasing pressure on food and the environment. Rice, an important food grain, roughly feeds 50 per […]
Dhaka, 7 May, 2020: During a recent visit to the research station, it was found that strawberry, tomato, capsicum and lettuce were being farmed in a netted house using the hydroponic method Bangladesh is a densely populated country where arable land is shrinking gradually, due to conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural use. Under such […]
It’s August and 38C outside a greenhouse on a fruit farm in suburban Nanjing, China. Inside the farmhouse, customers sample organic grapes and peaches. Ms. Wang, who owns the farm, carefully lifts the cover off a large bin of earthworms. She is raising thousands of them to produce organic fertilizer for her farm. Wang is […]
Near about 500,000 to 1,000,000cft (Cubic Feet) topsoils are being used to make 3 to 4 million bricks every year Large-scale use of topsoil from vast areas of farmlands for brick manufacturing in Panchagarh has been inflicting catastrophic damage on agriculture as well the environment. Vast agricultural lands have been losing fertility as well as […]
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