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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The race to harvest crops in Bangladesh as increasing numbers of lightning strikes pose a threat to workers.

Bangladesh launched a “Farmers’ Card” scheme on Tuesday aimed at expanding direct support to millions of farmers and ...

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Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. Bangladesh has made dramatic progress in ensuring that its people are fed. But can it stop a changing ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said Bangladesh will prosper only if its farmers prosper as he underlined agriculture’s central role in the country’s economy and the lives of its people. Speaking on ...

About 15 million farmers in Bangladesh grow just five to six rice varieties, despite the availability of more than 130 different rice varieties, giving rise to an effective monoculture that leaves ...

Bangladeshi farmers overwhelmingly cultivate rice using the BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties developed by the government, despite the availability of more than 100 alternative varieties, some of them ...

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 ...