The government will provide seeds and fertilisers worth nearly Tk 80 crore for free to the small and marginal farmers to ensure nutrition for the people of the country through crop diversification. A total of 6,86,700 bighas of land can be cultivated with the provided seeds and fertilizer, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said while […]
The central bank has moved to slash the lending rate on farm loans by one percentage point to 8 percent as most banks have cut the rates of their major loan products. In July, majority of the banks announced that they cut interest rate on term loans, working capital and trade financing to 9 percent […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to include agriculture and its practical aspects in curricula to encourage students to properly know about cultivation system. “Many people don’t want to go to the farmland for agricultural works when they complete their education. The Agriculture Minister is here. I think, special measures should […]
Two years have passed. Yet the scenes of the onrushing water submerging ripening paddy fields remain fresh in the mind of Matindra Sarker, a farmer in the northeastern district of Netrakona. This year though, Matindra is relaxed. He does not need to wait for farm labourers to harvest the paddy anymore owing to his combine harvester. The […]
When Abdul Haque woke up at dawn yesterday, not even the bone-chilling cold or the fog could stop him from getting out onto the field. The 46-year-old, like the past couple of days, rushed out to his field in Barishal’s Bakerganj to harvest the Aman paddy he had planted during the monsoon. “It’s so foggy […]
Floods, low rainfall and then fertiliser price hike — the woes of farmers just won’t stop. And now, they will have to bear the brunt of a sudden 42.5 percent rise in diesel cost, which is likely to make them spend an additional Tk 4,000 in irrigation for per hectare Boro production. The average cost […]
