Waterlogging has caused extensive damage tocrops on 550 hectares of land in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi as the mouths of ...

The farmers in Gopalganj are happy with much higher production from the cultivation of the newly developed high-yielding rice ...

On the outer edge of the Sundarbans, Abdul Majed Sarkar once found solace in his modest patch of land. The four-bigha plot he ...

There is a rule in complex systems: fragility gathers at the bottom, but the tremor is felt at the top. Bangladesh's food ...

SHYAMNAGAR, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmer Dilip Chandra Tarafdar was tired of fighting to keep his rice crop alive in the Bangladeshi coastal village of Chandipur. If the plants ...

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.

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 ...

The Bangladeshi village of Barinagar, in the western district of Jessore, has become a test ground for a new ‘AgroBanking’ scheme aiming to help the nation’s “unbanked” farmers set up their first bank ...

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, ...

India’s once-dominant onion export industry is facing a sharp downturn, with exporters blaming Bangladesh’s drive for ...

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 ...

Bangladesh is poised to take a significant leap in digital commerce as global payments leader PayPal prepares to enter the ...