The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has prepared an assessment of the loss. According to its data, 236,811 small, marginal and tenant farmers suffered losses due to nine days of rain and floods between April 26 and May 4. The estimate covers seven districts: Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria. The report said […]
Abdur Rahim said that due to continuous rain for the last several days, the Khola (paddy drying place) has been filled with water. Although the sun has been shining for the last three-four days, the drying grounds remain wet and muddy. For this reason everyone has chosen the perennial road to save their paddy. According […]
The Boro crop, harvested in April and May, accounts for about 55 percent of Bangladesh’s total rice production and is important for food security. This season, boro was planted on more than 455,000 hectares in the Haor area, with a production target exceeding 1.9 million tonnes. Although most of the crop has been harvested, rising […]
The news of failure of all the pumps in the main pumphouse of Ganga-Kopotakho (GK) Irrigation Project at Bheramara in Kushtia is bad news not only for the farmers but also for the agriculture sector. Along with this, farmers of 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur under Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) are not able […]
Agriculture extension department sources say at least 106,000 farmers from four upazilas of Kushtia and Chuadanga can cultivate Boro crops with water from the GK Irrigation Project. Farmers say that Boro crop requires the most irrigation. In this, irrigation is required from preparation of land till emergence of seedlings. Sometimes the land has to be […]
“After the anti-hoarding campaign started, there is no trading of rice in the market. Earlier each wholesaler used to sell five to six trucks of rice every day. Now not a single truck is selling rice. In such a situation, many traders are forced to sell rice at low prices. Otherwise, if any stock of […]
Biplab Kumar Mohonta, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Kurigram, said that due to the cold weather, planting of boro in the 6,500 hectare seed area has been delayed. He cautioned that temperatures below 13 degrees Celsius could cause seedy leaves to turn yellow. The DAE has already advised farmers to take […]
Bangladesh may have to increase rice imports from 0.3 million tonnes to 1 million tonnes as rice production in 2023-24 marketing year may be 0.7 million tonnes less than earlier estimates. This has been said in a forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency released this report on crops on 23 […]
In Sylhet, 55 per cent paddy was harvested in Horon, 70 per cent in Moulvibazar, 67 per cent in Habiganj, 73 per cent in Sunamganj, 58 per cent in Kishoreganj, 77 per cent in Netrokona and 67 per cent. The press release states that the crop was harvested in Brahmanbaria. Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, Agriculture Minister […]
Agriculture Minister M Abdur Razzak said on Wednesday that harvesting of Boro paddy is going on in Hor region, while 35 per cent paddy has been harvested so far. “Right now, around 1,000 combine harvesters are being used to harvest paddy in Sunamganj only. It is expected that the paddy crop will be harvested by […]
The government has decided to procure 1.78 million metric tonnes (MT) of food grains during the upcoming Boro season in 2023 as a four-month internal food procurement operation begins next month. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Food Planning and Monitoring Committee (FPMC) chaired by Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar at the […]