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🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh ranks 2nd globally for inland fisheries, 5th for aquaculture. Production 50 lakh tonnes exceeds demand 48.93 lakh tonnes. Yet imports 56,000 tonnes worth Tk 521 crore in FY26. Reason: consumer variety demand.
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Bangladesh imports 93% of edible oil ($2.5B/year). Soybean roundtable calls for 25% domestic production by 2030 using southern coastal belt and fallow land. 40%+ protein content bridges nutrition gap.
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Bangladesh govt plans modern meat processing centres in every district. 13 already operating including Bogura. Annual meat production 8.7M tons, exports below $1M. BLRI develops indigenous bird flu and goat pox vaccines.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh egg price hits two-year high at Tk 150-155 per dozen (up from Tk 120-130 a month ago). Flood damage and farm closures drive supply shortage. Green chilli prices drop 60% to Tk 140-150/kg following imports.
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Bangladesh targets 50% sustainable farming by 2030 (up from 44.37%), pivoting to WTO-compliant green box subsidies ahead of LDC graduation. Pesticide use at 40,000 tonnes/year targeted for reduction.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
State Minister for Water Resources Farhad Hossain Azad announces pilot project for Teesta Master Plan. Technical committee consulting international experts. Emergency work underway in 100 erosion-prone areas of Kurigram.
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Power shortages threaten Khulna shrimp sector. 33,437 ha in Khulna, 38,982 ha Bagerhat, 74,249 ha Satkhira. Farmers struggle with oxygen-starved ponds. Processors use costly diesel for cold storage. Export industry at risk.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh agri lending rose 15% to Tk 42,834 crore in FY26, exceeding BB target by 109.83%. Specialised banks: 123.4% of target. Recovery up 20% to Tk 45,627 crore. Overdue loans fell 8.43%. Islamic banks only category to miss target.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
BBS survey: 53.65% of Bangladesh food producers are small-scale, earning avg Tk 33,639/year. Large producers earn 8x more. Survey covered 12,879 households. BIDS Research Director Mohammad Yunus calls for fair prices and technology adoption.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
FAO warns world faces fresh food price surge. Iran war + Ukraine + El Nino = perfect storm. Chief economist Maximo Torero: food prices will increase by year-end. Strait of Hormuz affects all agricultural inputs.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Russia has offered to supply urea fertilizer to Bangladesh at $10 lower per tonne than other suppliers, proposing 280,000 tonnes through BCIC. The offer was made during a meeting between Russian Chargé d'Affaires and Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has assured the tea industry of full government cooperation, pledging loan easing, low-interest credit, and solar power generation on uncultivable tea garden land. A committee will be formed to identify and resolve the sector's problems.