In the last few years in mid-western Bangladesh, the trend of planting different types of fruit orchards, like mango, lychee and papaya, has gone up in three districts together commonly known as the High Barind Tract — Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabganj and Naogaon. “Transforming the land from rice and wheat fields to orchards is the easiest … Continue reading Crop fields make way for profitable orchards in Bangladesh, imperiling food security