The soils and agro-climate of Bangladesh are highly conducive to produce quality vegetables; over 100 types of vegetables are grown almost throughout the year. During the last 10 years, vegetable area and production have increased considerably. But farmers often fail to obtain the expected yields from vegetable cultivation due to heavy damages caused by a number of pests. In order to protect the vegetable crops from pest damage, farmers resort to frequent use of poisonous pesticides. Vegetable crops consume about 10% of the total pesticide use in Bangladesh. more...
     
 
     
 
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IRRI/FoSHoL kiosk at DFID/BIDS organised national conference attracted audiences
  IRRI along with its FoSHoL partner organisations actively participated in a National Conference
  titled 'Market Volatility, Vulnerable Food Security in Bangladesh: Strategic Issues and Policy Options' held at the Sheraton Hotel in the city on April 9 [ more ]
   
FoSHoL National Workshop and Agriculturual Fair
IRRI Bangladesh Office jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, GoB and the participating
  organisations in the FoSHoL Programme, organised a National Workshop and Agricultural Fair during 25-26 Feb'09 at BCFCC, Agargaon, Dhaka. [ more ]
   
FoSHoL-IRRI Team Building
FoSHoL-IRRI Team Building and Annual Review and Planning Meeting held on 8-9 January 2009 in Cox's Bazar [ more ]
 
 
Bangla Vision TV's magazine programme Shyamol Bangla is going to telecast FoSHoL success stories in documentary format [ see schedule ]
 
News Update
For the first time government giving diesel subsidy for Boro farmers". [ Please see the links for details ]
   
   
   
   
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