farmers

Is the family farm disappearing?

The depeasantisation thesis associated with Kautsky and popularised as “the Agrarian Question” needs to be subtly understood in Bangladesh.
24 May 2024, 06:00 AM

A kg of beef for a maund of paddy!

Kamal Mia, a farmer in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila, went to a local market recently to sell a maund of paddy to buy meat and other essentials as he was expecting guests.
15 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Farmers face moderate to severe food insecurity: BBS

One in every four households, or 26.13 percent, that rely on agriculture for their income face food insecurity
19 March 2024, 05:00 AM

Solar irrigation pumps: a saviour amid drought

Farmers in Bangladesh have been left displeased with lower rainfall during the monsoon season this year as they were unable to plant Aman paddy on time due to a lack of natural irrigation.
7 August 2023, 00:00 AM

Can our crops survive the erratic weather?

Take urgent stock of the impact of El Nino on our agriculture
21 July 2023, 13:11 PM

Dried-up Teesta continues to haunt farmers

Bangladesh needs to find a realistic solution to a persistent problem
6 January 2023, 18:07 PM

Farmers come to our rescue, yet again

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.
1 January 2023, 01:00 AM

How erratic weather has affected our food production

More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.
30 October 2022, 06:15 AM

Is Bangladesh ready to face a global food crisis?

We now face the real risk of massive hunger and famine.
16 October 2022, 15:00 PM

Protect farmers to ensure food security

The burden of rising fuel prices on farmers will affect the entire country
8 August 2022, 13:44 PM

Increase in fertiliser price: Farmers braced for a hard time

The government has raised the price of urea fertiliser for the first time in 11 years, burdening the farmers with an increased production cost.
1 August 2022, 20:00 PM

Frustrated farmers take to the streets

Stop discrimination and stand by farmers, demanded one placard. Buy rice directly from farmers, said another. Yet another screamed, “Save farmers, save agriculture.”
18 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Enhancing data literacy among farmers

It is difficult for farmers to develop a good marketing plan without proper market information, as is the case for managers of any
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Flood-hit farmers to get Tk 59cr

The government allocated a Tk 58.77 crore incentive for the flood-hit farmers of 64 districts so that they could recover the losses caused by the recent floods, said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday.
10 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Good yield of Boro likely

Farmers in most parts of the country have started harvesting Boro paddy with high hopes of getting a better price this season.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

PRECIOUS TOPSOIL burnt for bricks

At least 500 bighas of prime farmland loses productivity in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat every year, as their topsoil is sold to feed around 40 local brick kilns.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Middlemen take it all

In a seminar on food security and media's role, representatives from the government and other stakeholders discussed the problems...
29 December 2015, 18:00 PM

[WATCH NOW] Michigan farmers discover woolly mammoth skeleton

Two farmers in rural Michigan have uncovered a woolly mammoth skeleton in a soybean field.
3 October 2015, 06:24 AM

World food prices post largest drop in 7 years

The price of international food commodities registered their largest monthly drop in seven years in August, the UN food agency said on Thursday.
10 September 2015, 13:26 PM

Tk 30cr incentive for Aus farmers

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury announces a Tk 30.10 crore cash incentive to farmers during this Aus season.
22 April 2015, 12:13 PM