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A banana grower from Kusharmuri village, Badalgachhi, Naogaon, in an Amar Desh report
Agriculture & farmingNaogaon
A banana grower in Badalgachhi, Naogaon expanded to six bighas after good prices the year before; a nor'wester and hail broke over half his plants one to two weeks before sale, costing Tk 2.5 lakh.
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A young houseboat owner and tour operator on Tanguar Haor, in a Prothom Alo report
Digital & B2B servicesSunamganj
Two partners built a houseboat on Tanguar Haor for about Tk 18 lakh, hoping to recover it in three seasons; a flash flood cost them two months of one season.
An expatriate worker from Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, who planted a coconut orchard, in a Bangla Tribune report
Agriculture & farmingJhenaidah
A Kaliganj, Jhenaidah man inspired by videos while working in Saudi Arabia bought 40 Vietnamese dwarf coconut seedlings at Tk 600 each; with no fruit after four years he went back abroad.
A farmer and harvester owner from Agbari village, Jhalokathi Sadar, in a Newsbangla24 report
Agriculture & farmingJhalokathi
A farmer in Jhalokathi Sadar bought a combine harvester at half price under a government scheme and, charging Tk 8,000 an acre, earned Tk 2.5 lakh in his first 17 days.
A large aloe vera grower from Kholabaria village, Natore, in a Business Standard report
Agriculture & farmingNatore
A Kholabaria, Natore farmer grows aloe vera on about 8.5 acres and supplies 10–12 tonnes of leaves a day to an export processor in Bhaluka at Tk 7–13 a kg.
An aloe vera farmer from Lakshmipur Kholabaria, Natore, in a Business Standard report
Agriculture & farmingNatore
A Lakshmipur Kholabaria, Natore farmer has grown aloe vera on 2.5 bighas for eight years and sells Tk 5–7 lakh of leaves a year, but could not sell during lockdown and saw prices halve after heavy rain.
An areca orchard owner from Char Ruhita, Lakshmipur Sadar, in a Business Standard report
Agriculture & farmingLakshmipur
An orchard owner in Char Ruhita, Lakshmipur Sadar sold about Tk 3–4 lakh of areca nuts in one season from 458 palms on 40 decimals; heavy rain cut the yield but prices were higher.
An agarwood planter in Kaptai National Park, a tea-seller by trade, in a Mongabay report
Agriculture & farmingRangamati
A Forest Department beneficiary who planted agarwood in Kaptai National Park, Rangamati, has not sold a tree in 18 years. Storms and fires killed most trees, and the only offer was Tk 20,000 per tree.
A peanut grower on the Matamuhuri char in Chakaria, Cox's Bazar, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingCox's Bazar
Peanut on 6.5 acres of char in Chakaria: about 65,000 taka of cost an acre against expected sales of about 1,37,000, which would leave roughly 72,500 taka an acre and about 4,64,000 for the season.
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A seedling grower in Pirganj, Rangpur, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRangpur
A 20,000-taka NGO loan in 2020 produced 40,000 soilless seedlings that sold for 40,000 taka in three months. This season 4 lakh seedlings on 25 shotok cost about 4 lakh taka, and he expects 7 lakh taka of sales within a month and a half.
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An onion seed producer in Mohanpur, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Pulled out of school in class seven, this farmer has been 32 years in seed: six hybrid onion varieties of his own naming, 29 metric tons produced last year against a target of 40.
An agar plantation owner in Baghaichhari, Rangamati, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRangamati
This grower in Baghaichhari sold 36 agar trees for 13 lakh taka in all: the single largest fetched 6 lakh and the rest went at 25,000-30,000 each.