Boro farmers

16 Northern Districts: Rising input cost worries Boro farmers

Saiful Islam has lately been busy preparing his five bighas of land to grow paddy. But he reckons he will have to spend Tk 25,000 more than he did last season for the cultivation as the cost of just about everything has gone up.

Boro farmers’ capital washed away by rains, floods

Thousands of farmers who lost their paddy this Boro season due to excessive waterlogging amid untimely rain and a labour crisis in the country’s northern region, including eastern Sylhet and Chalan Beel, are worried about the upcoming Aman season as many of them have lost their capital.

Boro Farmers: Kushtia DC brings smiles to some

Moyen Uddin was overjoyed after being able to sell his Boro paddy at a government procurement installation at a fair price, thanks to the proac-tive initiative from the Kushtia district commissioner.

Organic all the way

In a tiny tin shed in the Barind village of Bohora, Abdul Hamid scoops out a handful of stinky cattle dung from a bucket with his bare hands. He seems undeterred by the earthworms squirming in and out of the compost.

Farmers facing loss despite high yield

The haor farmers in Sunamganj have achieved a bumper production of Boro but are being badly hit by the low market price.

Boro farmers at the mercy of middlemen

When the government had declared at the very beginning of the harvesting season that it would buy a higher volume of paddy directly

Editorial / Boro prices plummeting

According to a report in a leading Bangla daily Boro farmers are being deprived of rational prices for their paddy.

January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023

16 Northern Districts: Rising input cost worries Boro farmers

Saiful Islam has lately been busy preparing his five bighas of land to grow paddy. But he reckons he will have to spend Tk 25,000 more than he did last season for the cultivation as the cost of just about everything has gone up.

May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022

Boro farmers’ capital washed away by rains, floods

Thousands of farmers who lost their paddy this Boro season due to excessive waterlogging amid untimely rain and a labour crisis in the country’s northern region, including eastern Sylhet and Chalan Beel, are worried about the upcoming Aman season as many of them have lost their capital.

May 20, 2019
May 20, 2019

Boro Farmers: Kushtia DC brings smiles to some

Moyen Uddin was overjoyed after being able to sell his Boro paddy at a government procurement installation at a fair price, thanks to the proac-tive initiative from the Kushtia district commissioner.

December 12, 2018
December 12, 2018

Organic all the way

In a tiny tin shed in the Barind village of Bohora, Abdul Hamid scoops out a handful of stinky cattle dung from a bucket with his bare hands. He seems undeterred by the earthworms squirming in and out of the compost.

May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018

Farmers facing loss despite high yield

The haor farmers in Sunamganj have achieved a bumper production of Boro but are being badly hit by the low market price.

May 21, 2016
May 21, 2016

Boro farmers at the mercy of middlemen

When the government had declared at the very beginning of the harvesting season that it would buy a higher volume of paddy directly

June 13, 2015
June 13, 2015

Boro prices plummeting

According to a report in a leading Bangla daily Boro farmers are being deprived of rational prices for their paddy.