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🌾 Agriculture & Food
Smuggled tea sold at Tk 200-220/kg is undercutting legal auction tea at Tk 290-300/kg, putting Bangladesh's tea industry under pressure as the commerce ministry forms advisory committee.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's hilsa hauls have crashed dramatically — from 2,000 maunds/day to 250 maunds at Chandpur market — as prices hit Tk 3,000/kg, demanding technology-driven conservation solutions.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh has adequate fertiliser stocks nationally, but distribution chain failures mean farmers face local shortages during the Aman season, with hoarding and panic buying worsening the crisis.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh has banned hilsa fishing for 22 days from October 8 to protect mother hilsa during breeding season, with VGF food assistance for affected fishermen.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Finance Division has raised fertiliser dealer commission from Tk 2 to Tk 3 per kg, the first increase since 2009, while cutting dealer-level prices to keep farmer-level prices unchanged.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Aus paddy farmers are facing heavy losses despite a good harvest, with prices falling Tk 300-400 per maund from a year ago amid large stocks and import-driven weak demand.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's wheat imports are likely to fall 11% in 2026-27 due to high global prices and large private sector stocks, even as consumption grows 4% to 78 lakh tonnes, says USDA.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Farmer Card programme launches September 17 with 1,10,364 farmers receiving incentives, targeting eventual enrollment of over 2 crore farmers across the country.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Researchers say expanding seaweed cultivation in Patuakhali's Kuakata coast could create employment, generate value-added products and contribute to climate change mitigation.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku has announced the expansion of eco-friendly technologies in government fish farms, starting with a 20-kW solar system at a Tangail seed production farm.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
A Bagerhat entrepreneur has demonstrated that fallow saline land in coastal Bangladesh can be productively used for off-season watermelon cultivation, offering climate-resilient livelihood alternatives.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Jackfruit prices in Gazipur have surged up to Tk 1,000 per fruit at season end, from Tk 10 during peak season, exposing the absence of processing infrastructure for Bangladesh's national fruit.