farmers

The Agrarian Question in Bangladesh / Is the family farm disappearing?

The depeasantisation thesis associated with Kautsky and popularised as “the Agrarian Question” needs to be subtly understood in Bangladesh.

A kg of beef for a maund of paddy!

Kamal Mia, a farmer in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila, went to a local market recently to sell a maund of paddy to buy meat and other essentials as he was expecting guests.

Farmers face moderate to severe food insecurity: BBS

One in every four households, or 26.13 percent, that rely on agriculture for their income face food insecurity

Solar irrigation pumps: a saviour amid drought

Farmers in Bangladesh have been left displeased with lower rainfall during the monsoon season this year as they were unable to plant Aman paddy on time due to a lack of natural irrigation.

Can our crops survive the erratic weather?

Take urgent stock of the impact of El Nino on our agriculture

Dried-up Teesta continues to haunt farmers

Bangladesh needs to find a realistic solution to a persistent problem

Farmers come to our rescue, yet again

When Abdul Haque woke up at dawn yesterday, not even the bone-chilling cold or the fog could stop him from getting out onto the field.

How erratic weather has affected our food production

More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.

Is Bangladesh ready to face a global food crisis?

We now face the real risk of massive hunger and famine.

January 1, 2023
January 1, 2023

Farmers come to our rescue, yet again

When Abdul Haque woke up at dawn yesterday, not even the bone-chilling cold or the fog could stop him from getting out onto the field.

October 30, 2022
October 30, 2022

How erratic weather has affected our food production

More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.

October 16, 2022
October 16, 2022

Is Bangladesh ready to face a global food crisis?

We now face the real risk of massive hunger and famine.

August 8, 2022
August 8, 2022

Protect farmers to ensure food security

The burden of rising fuel prices on farmers will affect the entire country

August 2, 2022
August 2, 2022

Increase in fertiliser price: Farmers braced for a hard time

The government has raised the price of urea fertiliser for the first time in 11 years, burdening the farmers with an increased production cost.

May 19, 2019
May 19, 2019

Frustrated farmers take to the streets

Stop discrimination and stand by farmers, demanded one placard. Buy rice directly from farmers, said another. Yet another screamed, “Save farmers, save agriculture.”

March 1, 2019
March 1, 2019

Enhancing data literacy among farmers

It is difficult for farmers to develop a good marketing plan without proper market information, as is the case for managers of any

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Flood-hit farmers to get Tk 59cr

The government allocated a Tk 58.77 crore incentive for the flood-hit farmers of 64 districts so that they could recover the losses caused by the recent floods, said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday.

April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016

Good yield of Boro likely

Farmers in most parts of the country have started harvesting Boro paddy with high hopes of getting a better price this season.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

PRECIOUS TOPSOIL burnt for bricks

At least 500 bighas of prime farmland loses productivity in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat every year, as their topsoil is sold to feed around 40 local brick kilns.