WHEN a bumper harvest of potatoes is a relief for consumers, who had to pay high prices for the item even three months ago, the prospect for the producers appears bleak. Producers are faced with heavy losses as they are forced to sell their produce for prices below the production cost. Potatoes sell for Tk 10鈥�12 a kilogram on the local wholesale market...
THIS is worrying that potato growers in the north are faced with a shortage of seeds and fertiliser. The shortage, coupled with high prices of both seeds and fertiliser, is likely to impact the potato production in the 16 northern districts, where two-thirds of potatoes are produced. As agricultural authorities have not ensured enough supplies, prices have increased sharply. Farmers in the region allege that syndicates...
POTATO growers struggling to find quality seeds and seed prices registering a sudden increase are unacceptable. Such a shortage and high price of the seeds are likely to impact the production, causing an increase in potato prices on the market. Farmers, especially in the 16 northern districts where more than two-thirds of potatoes are grown, are reported to be...
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Department of Agricultural Extension jointly organised a nutrition campaign as part of the Diversified Resilient Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security project at Dinajpur Sadar on Thursday...
WITH more than six million people having been directly affected by the flooding of Bangladesh鈥檚 east, north-east and south-east, public suffering continues as the government support has been visibly inadequate. Many still live in shelters and are struggling as their houses and livelihood came to be gravely affected. In Cumilla, one of the worst affected...
THE farming of boro rice, the largest rice crop that accounts for 54 per cent of the total rice production, facing an irrigation problem in the north is concerning. Thousands of farmers in northern Rajshahi and Rangpur are reported to be facing...