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  Poor winter crop situation warrants early readiness

  | Updated at 12:05am on January 17, 2018

  PROLONGED submersion of farmland because of extreme weather events such as intermittent rain and flooding is reported to have affected winter crop farming...

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  Diversify potato use to save farmers: Matia Chy

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:36am on January 15, 2018

  Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday called for diversified use of potato to protect the interest of producers of the crop as it could protect...

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  BB relaxes refinancing scheme terms for Islamic banks

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:08am on January 08, 2018

  Bangladesh Bank has extended the schedules of repayment and recovery of the re-financing fund for Shariah-based banks and non-bank financial institutions for agro-based industry, small...

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  Cultivation of Bt brijal must stop

  | Updated at 12:05am on September 19, 2017

  THE government’s resolve to supply free Bt brinjal seeds to 2,001 farmers in 64 districts is a testimony to the fact that it is hell...

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  Renewable energy for agriculture in Bangladesh

  | Updated at 12:05am on August 27, 2017

  BANGLADESH is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impact. It is assumed that regular and severe natural hazards that batter the country...

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  BB likely to extend sharecroppers credit programme for high demand

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:54pm on August 25, 2017

  Bangladesh Bank is likely to extend its sharecroppers credit programme as it has a strong positive impact on the income of marginal farmers and the...

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  Aman seed crisis worries Khulna farmers

  United News of Bangladesh . Khulna | Updated at 12:52am on July 25, 2017

  Farmers of the district are facing acute Aman seed crisis as the seeds supplied by government owned Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation could not meet their...

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  Farmers to be exempted from service charge for farm loans

  AKM Zamir Uddin | Updated at 11:46pm on July 15, 2017

  Farmers will not pay any service charge while taking agriculture loans from the banks in line with the latest decision of the Bangladesh Bank....

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  IRRI scientist for raising national rice yield by 50pc

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 01:18am on June 18, 2017

  A scientist of the International Rice Research Institute has suggested increasing national rice yield by at least 50 per cent to meet the increasing demand...

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  Call to reach crop production technologies to farmers’ doorsteps

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Rajshahi | Updated at 12:05am on June 18, 2017

  The government launched three mobile phone applications aimed at bringing crop production technologies to the doorsteps of around 1.51 crore farm households to boost yields...