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News
on Agriculture
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BARI, Syngenta sign MOU for seed research
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
an Syngenta Bangladesh Limited signed a memorandum of understanding on
Friday for development of seeds and improved farm technologies including
mechanisation...
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Jute can be used to produce wood substitutes
Experts at a workshop yesterday said jute can be
used to produce wood substitute for making doors, windows, chairs,
tables, and a number of gadgets for vehicles including railway
coaches....
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Workshop on GIS activities begins
A two-day workshop on GIS activities and its
impact on agricultural research and development began at the Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Council (BRAC) auditorium, Dhaka yesterday....
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Farmers Moving to Give Up the Plow
A major agricultural
transformation is sweeping across Asia's breadbasket regions,
scientists announced Tuesday. The move toward low till agriculture
could help chart a course toward more ecologically friendly, higher
producing, cost effective agriculture among all groups of farmers in
Asia, the researchers said.
- Researchers
discover farming methods ineffective in improving biodiversity
Twenty years of farming
methods believed to be environmentally friendly have actually led to a
decrease in wildlife and plant diversity, a study conducted in the
Netherlands found.
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Conservation
Agriculture Called Next Green Revolution
Intensive land cultivation
methods using tractors and plows are a major cause of severe soil loss
and land degradation in many developing countries, the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday. If farmers applied
ecologically sound cultivation, millions of hectares of agricultural
land could be protected or saved from degradation and erosion, the
organization said.
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