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Watermelons were cultivated on 7,605 hectares of land in Dacope last year. The coverage was 3,407 hectares and 1,535 hectares in 2021 and 2020 respectively. Photo: TBS
Panorama

For Dacope's watermelon farmers, harvest doesn't always hit the sweet spot

With Ramadan around the corner, when demand for watermelon peaks, we take a look into the challenges that the Dacope-based watermelon farmers face to market their products

Song of the farmers as boro begins
Economy

Song of the farmers as boro begins

Photo: Courtesy
Corporates

Syngenta launches Farmer School, an integrated learning hub for farmers

A farmer plants seasonal paddy while standing in knee deep water at the Jhilwanja area in Cox’s Bazar. This year’s record-low rainfall and extreme hot weather made it challenging for farmers to grow the seasonal paddy, which depends on monsoon rains for a profitable harvest season. According to the meteorological department, the amount of rainfall shrunk by 47% nationwide and by 58% in the Chattogram Division in August. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Mumit M
Economy

Sylhet haor farmers concerned as dam project delays

BB forms Tk5,000cr refinance scheme for farmers to boost food production
Banking

BB forms Tk5,000cr refinance scheme for farmers to boost food production

Dhaka South's 5th farmers' market inaugurated in Khilgaon
Bazaar

Dhaka South's 5th farmers' market inaugurated in Khilgaon

‘Farmer School’ to be established in Rajshahi
Corporates

‘Farmer School’ to be established in Rajshahi

Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Collateral-free loan to farmers possible: Minister

Chicken is pictured at a poultry shop at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
World+Biz

Big US chicken company, Mountaire, asks contractors to oppose transparency rule

How a university teacher and PHD holder become farmer
Videos

How a university teacher and PHD holder become farmer

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a news conference at the end of a special meeting of the European Council in light of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, February 25, 2022. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Macron tells French farmers: Ukraine war will weigh on you, and it will last

Police officers in riot gear stand guard at the site of a protest against the farm laws at Singhu border in New Delhi, India, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

Indian police probe murder at farmers' protest site, detain suspect

Famers get less than half of the price you pay for their produce in supermarkets, a result of a syndicate-controlled, complex supply chain. Photo Courtesy: Deshifarmer
Panorama

Deshifarmer: A technological solution to the menace of middlemen