Bangladesh’s President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for transforming agriculture into a profitable, revenue-generating sector, singling out the country’s potato paradox: growers in the north are sometimes left with no choice but to dump produce on roads,…
Early potato cultivation is gaining momentum in Dinajpur, where farmers are preparing fields and planting early-maturing varieties in the hope of reaching the market…
Dealers in Bangladesh’s Rangpur agricultural region are showing little interest in collecting seed potatoes from the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), as collapsing market…
Farmers in Nilfamari district have started planting early potatoes. The district plans 22,700 ha of potatoes, including 8,300 ha of early crop, and growers…
Bangladesh grew a record 11.5 million tonnes of potatoes in 2024–25, well above domestic demand of about 9 million tonnes. Only 3–4% is processed.
The Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation produced 44,181.7 tonnes of seed potatoes last season, about 31% of its total seed output of 144,232 tonnes.
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