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Crop intensification looms large in coastal region
by Abdul Hamid | Updated at 12:05am on May 25, 2018
MUNGBEAN as a crop in Patuakhali and adjoining Amtali and Barguna upazilas in Barguna stands next to aman rice....
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Strong case for more subsidies in agriculture
| Updated at 12:05am on May 25, 2018
THE demand that four organisations dealing with farmers and land rights made for more subsidies and allocation for the agriculture sector in the budget is...
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Bangladesh farmers want more subsidies to agriculture
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on May 24, 2018
Four organisations dealing with farmers and land rights demanded more subsidies and allocation for the agriculture sector in the forthcoming budget....
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Modernising Bangladesh agriculture stressed to attract youths
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:08am on May 20, 2018
Modernisation of agriculture could play an important role in reducing the country’s growing unemployment problem by creating new jobs around agricultural products, said speakers at...
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Hossain Zillur for modernising agriculture to ensure food security
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:14am on April 30, 2018
Noted economist Hossain Zillur Rahman on Sunday underscored the need for modernising the agriculture sector to ensure food security in the country.....
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Wheat acreage far behind target
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on March 19, 2018
Falling cultivation acreage of wheat and unfavourable weather are likely to cause production shortfall of wheat this year, according to Department of Agricultural Extension....
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Traders warned against selling substandard agri machinery
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on March 12, 2018
Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday warned businesses against selling substandard agricultural machinery to farmers. ‘We have reports that many farmers are in trouble after...
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Rapid loss of soil fertility worries scientists
Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:26pm on March 06, 2018
Rapid loss of soil fertility could pose threat to the nation’s food security ambitions, said scientists. ‘We are worried about the prospects of future generations,...
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Birth mustn’t decide social division of labour
| Updated at 12:05am on March 02, 2018
THE prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement that children of farmers should be in farming profession to use their knowledge in a greater way is a...
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Combined use of chemical, organic fertilisers stressed
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:20am on February 27, 2018
Speakers at a workshop on Monday emphasised on the combined use of organic and chemical fertilisers to improve soil health...
Sunday, February 17, 2019
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