However, World Bank data reveals a stark gender disparity in asset ownership: only 13 percent of women in Bangladesh own ...

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, ...

The initiative generated more than 60,000 carbon credits from 160 demonstration farms. Typically, one carbon credit represents one tonne of CO₂ equivalent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A farmer irrigates his floating bed at his farm in Pirojpur district, Bangladesh (Reuters) Mohammad Mostafa, a farmer in the ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed all scheduled banks to give priority to farmers affected by recent heavy rainfall in ...

Bangladesh marked a major step towards recognising women’s role in agriculture on 5 April 2026 with the launch of the national activities for the International Year of the Woman Farmer ...

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 ...

Storms and heavy rain last month damaged a range of crops, including maize. For maize farmers, it was a cruel blow, as many had turned to the cereal after repeated losses from low potato prices. In ...

Like every year, mustard cultivation without tillage has expanded widely in Sariakandi upazila of Bogra this season as well. Farmers are now preparing to harvest the additional crop from fallow lands ...

The fuel crunch from the Iran conflict is rippling through Bangladesh's countryside, leaving tens of thousands of farmers ...

Bangladesh launched a "Farmers’ Card” scheme Tuesday aimed at expanding direct support to millions of farmers and ‌streamlining subsidies, as part of efforts to modernise the agriculture sector. The ...

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