iFarmer and VisionSpring Bangladesh Limited have teamed up to provide eye care services to iFarmer registered farmers. Recently, the contract signing event was held at the Gulshan office of VisionSpring Bangladesh Limited. VisionSpring Bangladesh Limited works towards ensuring the income, education, safety, and well-being of Bangladeshis living at risk of poverty
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Onion seed becomes boon for many farmers in Rajshahi
Farming of onion seed has become boon for many farmers as they are seen building fortunes through the cash-crop farming in the region, including its vast Barind tract. Similarly, the farmers are expecting outstanding production of onion seed as they have cultivated the high-valued crop on the ever-highest land in the
MDB gives loans to farmers
Midland Bank Limited (MDB), under intermediary agreement with Society for Family Happiness and Prosperity (FHP), an NGO, disbursed loans directly to the farmers at 4% interest rate under Bangladesh Bank Refinancing Scheme in the Agricultural sector to ensure food safety initiative of the country, press release said Monday. On this
Agromukam to aid Bangladesh’s farmers
Agritech e-commerce, Agromukam BD Ltd is the first e-commerce marketplace which enables farmers to directly access the market and other agribusinesses, press release said Friday. The platform strongly supports B2B, F2B (farmers to business), B2C, F2C and F2G (farmers to government). It has secured an investment of Tk 1 crore
Distribution of materials among farmers under partner project in Nilphamari
Organized by Department of Agriculture Extension, Nilphamari Sadar, materials for Boro Paddy, Maize and Mustard Exhibition were distributed among the ten farmer groups formed under the 'Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship and Resilience in Bangladesh (Partner) Project' on Monday (27 November) afternoon. According to Agriculture Office sources,
Farmers expecting bumper Aman rice output in Rangpur region
Farmers are expecting a bumper production of Aman rice this season as harvest of the major cereal crop continues in full swing with excellent yield rate making them happy in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a bumper production of Aman rice will contribute to
Elevating farmers’ income through organic poultry rearing
Even after toiling hard for an entire year, Shivaji Rao, a 37-year-old farmer, would find it hard to cover the basic expenses of his family. He cultivates maize from his one-and-a-half-acre land in India’s Southern State of Telangana. Roa told IPS that the prices of fertilisers and seeds in his home state
Mobile solar pump becomes boon for Kurigram farmers
In an effort to reshape the destiny of Kurigram char farmers, the Rural Development Academy (RDA) introduced a portable solar pump for irrigation that has brought much-needed relief to them. With the support of the government funded portable solar pump, around 1500 farmers of Bajradiyar-Khata village of Chilmari upazila now can
Banks to provide Tk 35,000cr loans to farmers
Commercial banks in the country have allocated Tk35,000 crore for loans to farmers in the current fiscal year 2023-24 to increase agricultural production. The new allocation is 13.60% more than the last fiscal year. In the last financial year, the target for agricultural loans was Tk30,811 crore. Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor
Uttara Beej Himagar holds agents’ meeting
Uttara Beej Himagara Limited was held a meeting of its agents on February 12 at its office in Natkhana Bypass Road in Nilphamari. Shahid Mahmud, Managing Director of Himagara and also the District Jubo League General Secretary and Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman, presided over the meeting. Rupali Bank Limited’s Nilfamari Branch