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A schoolteacher and papaya grower in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingKushtia
Alongside his school job he planted 1,200 seedlings on three bighas in 2025 at a cost of 150,000 taka. Flowering came at four months and fruit at five; the first two months of picking sold 210 maunds for 170,000 taka, covering his costs.
A banana farmer in Lohagara, Chattogram, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingChattogram
Back from working abroad, he planted 320 saplings on one acre in June 2024: 13,000 taka of saplings and 80,000 on labour, fertiliser, pesticide and irrigation. Bearing began at 10 months, and seven months of selling has brought about 250,000 taka, clearing 30,000-40,000 a month.
A dragon fruit grower in Jhenaidah, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingJhenaidah
He started in 2017 when dragon fruit was still scarce in Bangladesh. In the early years a single bigha sold about 10 lakh taka of fruit; by the 2025 season the same bigha brought 3 to 3.5 lakh.
A watermelon farmer in Kalapara, Patuakhali, in a Daily Inqilab report
Agriculture & farmingPatuakhali
Twenty-one lakh taka went into 64 bighas of watermelon. The crop came in but buyers stayed away and the field price fell from 2,200 taka a maund to 1,200; he expects to lose about 12 lakh on the season.
An onion farmer in Rajbari, in a Daily Star Bangla report
Agriculture & farmingRajbari
He spent 470,000 taka on four and a half acres and harvested 600 maunds. He stored 450 of them waiting for a better price and about 90 percent rotted; he now expects to finish the season with under 100,000 taka.
A woman potato farmer in Munshiganj, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingMunshiganj
After her husband's stroke she took on about 350,000 taka of debt to grow potatoes on 3.2 acres. Production and storage cost 26-28 taka a kilo, while the wholesale price at the cold store fell to 8.
A gerbera grower in Jashore, in a Business Standard Bangla report
Agriculture & farmingJashore
Gerbera under shade on two bighas at Panisara, Jashore. The election and referendum kept the Godkhali market shut for most of February, leaving only 7-9 February to trade; 7,000 unsold flowers alone cost about a lakh taka.
A floating-bed (dhap) farmer in Pirojpur, in a Daily Inqilab report
Agriculture & farmingPirojpur
This farmer works 15-16 floating beds, each 60-foot bed costing 7,000-10,000 taka to build. During the COVID period seedling prices fell from 8-9 taka the year before to as little as 2.
A rooftop plant seller in Mohanpur, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Started in late 2021, the rooftop now holds over a thousand plants including 200-plus adenium varieties. Average monthly income exceeds a lakh taka, and August sales reached 3 lakh.
A nursery owner in Sripur, Gazipur, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingGazipur
Four or five years of selling papaya, brinjal and chilli seedlings from her yard led to a nursery beside the house around 1995. Five nurseries over roughly 30 bighas now employ about 30 people.
A woman growing mushrooms in Atrai, Naogaon, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingNaogaon
She started at home in 2023 with 10,000 taka and 50 spawn packets; 400 packets now give 5-6 kg a day, 40,000-45,000 taka of monthly sales and 25,000-30,000 taka of net income.
A vermicompost producer in Tala, Satkhira, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingSatkhira
He started in 2014 with three trial beds and 20,000 taka. Three hundred beds over four bighas now make about 20 tonnes every six weeks, bringing 2.5 lakh taka a cycle and more than 50,000 taka of profit.
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