harvest

File photo of different varieties of rice. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Why rice prices keep rising even after a good harvest

Market watchers cite poor stock, less procurement from the local market, and delays in import decisions created the scope for market manipulation amid lax monitoring of the market

While cauliflower prices remain high in other parts of the country, including Dhaka, farmers in Manikganj are struggling to recover production costs. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

How a bountiful harvest can end up hurting farmers

Farmers are carrying harvested paddy by their buffalo cart. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Md Fakrul Islam
In Focus

Chalan beel: Farmers harvesting rice during peak season

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Mango harvesting in Rajshahi begins tomorrow

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Bangladesh Trade Facilitation (BTF) project organised the conference at Bida headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday (28 February). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Bangladesh faces $2.4b annual post-harvest losses: LixCap

Aman rice prices rose despite production surpassing all previous records last year and supply hitting the market from early December. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
Agriculture

Infrastructural development yields 12.35 lakh tonnes additional crops

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Bangladesh

Post-harvest loss in 10 food items wipes out $2.4b annually: Study

FILE PHOTO: A combine harvests wheat in a field near the village of Zghurivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Musiienko/File Photo
Global Economy

Russia's grain harvest seen at 135 mln tons this year despite weather conditions

Representational image. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Combined harvester saved farmers Tk1,119 crore in last Amon season

A villager attempts to put out a brush fire with a mop during a drought in Xinyao village, Nanchang city, Jiangxi province, China, August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China

As harvest time looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops

Ukrainian flag is covered with grains in this picture illustration taken May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Global Economy

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says harvest could be halved by war

Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

India's wheat export boom brings a bonanza to farmers, and budget relief

A driver unloads a truck at a grain store during barley harvesting in the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine, July 14, 2016. REUTERS
World+Biz

Analyst raises Ukraine 2022/23 grain harvest, export forecast