Farmers in the Rangpur agricultural region have begun harvesting the early varieties of short-duration Aman rice with good yield, creating job opportunities for agricultural labourers. On this ...

After suffering staggering losses from a bumper harvest and low prices this year, potato farmers across Bangladesh are going ...

The Bangladesh government has taken this decision to stabilise its local onion market. According to information released by ...

Mohammad Mostafa, a farmer in the low-lying deltas of southwestern Bangladesh, has revived his forefathers’ farming practice of growing crops on floating rafts as rising seas and storm flooding ...

Bangladesh, a pioneer of climate change adaptation and climate resilience, faces an existential threat to its food security ...

Climate change impacts hit rice harvests for some farmers Vegetable production on the rise as a more profitable crop Yet farmers say swapping rice for vegetables has challenges RAJSHAHI, Bangladesh, ...

Help us keep delivering stories that change laws and lives. Donate today. Bangladesh has made dramatic progress in ensuring that its people are fed. But can it stop a changing climate from sweeping ...

NAZIRPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Mohammad Mostafa, a farmer in the low-lying deltas of southwestern Bangladesh, has revived his forefathers' farming practice of growing crops on floating rafts as ...

Millions of smallholder farmers in Bangladesh pump huge amounts of groundwater for irrigation, helping to triple the country’s rice production and possibly mitigate floods during monsoon season.

The thriving global potato industry is currently valued at approximately $120 billion, but an agriculture-based country like Bangladesh holds less than 0.01 percent share in the international market, ...

About 15 million farmers in Bangladesh grow just five to six rice varieties, despite the availability of more than 130 different rice varieties, giving rise to an effective monoculture that leaves ...

FARUKPARA, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For a long time, slash and burn agriculture was a way of life for Funghkal Bawn. Like other farmers from the ethnic Bawn community, in the ...