Farmers in trouble due to pump failure: No water in fields for biggest irrigation project

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 […]

Indian farmers clash with security forces on their way to New Delhi. Protest for fair crop prices

Protesting Indian farmers trying to reach the capital New Delhi clashed with security forces for a second day on Wednesday, with drones being used to fire tear gas in televised images. Hundreds of farmers traveling on trucks and trolleys loaded with food, bedding and other supplies started marching towards Delhi on Tuesday morning after no […]

iFarmer and Padma Bank come together to boost agriculture financing in remote areas

Jameel M Akbar, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of iPharmar; The signing ceremony was attended by Tarek Riaz Khan, Managing Director and CEO, Padma Bank Limited and Dr. Mohammad Imtiaz Uddin, Deputy Managing Director and CBO, Padma Bank Limited. Other top executives from both the entities include Reesat Haider, head of marketing and operations-agri inputs […]

Distribution of poultry and fish feed among marginal farmers by Citi Bank

Nurun Nahar, Country Director of Heifer International Bangladesh, delivered the welcome address. Also present at the event were Head of Commercial Banking Mohammad Mahmood Goni, Country Business Manager Ashanur Rahman and Head of Brand and Communications of the bank Shahryar Jameel Khan. Speaking as the chief guest, Maroof said, ‘The Bank intends to significantly increase […]

Farmers lamp during Boro boom

The nation seems upon march to have a fender collect of Boro rice this season, contend margin reports from opposite districts. The government’s aim of Boro prolongation this mercantile year is 1.91 crore tonnes from 48 lakh hectares of land. It was 1.83 crore tonnes from 47 lakh hectares final year. With harvesting some-more than […]

Potato exports swell upon funding boost

Potato exports surged 71 percent to 16,570 tonnes in the primary 10 months (July-April) of the stream mercantile year, surpassing the sum apportion of the berry exports final year, according to the Plant Protection Wing of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). The irresolution in exports came after the government, in February, betrothed to stand […]