The roofs of Mirpur DOHS look quite different from other parts of Dhaka: most are covered in green, a sign that many people are joining the rooftop farming movement.
Greening a polluted city
Dhaka repeatedly appears on lists of the world's most polluted cities and has been called "unhealthy" to live in. Efforts are under way to make it liveable, and rooftop farming is one of them. Thanks to media campaigns, the number of rooftop farms has grown in recent years, with many people turning their roofs into green spaces. One of them is Shamima Sultana of Mirpur DOHS.
Two hundred kinds of plants
Her rooftop farm holds about 200 kinds of plants. The three-tier arrangement on top of an eight-storey building is full of ornamental plants, fruit and crops from home and abroad. She says it is now the greatest source of joy in her life.
It gives her peace of mind, clean air and fresh food, and in leisure and lonely hours it is an absorbing place of work.
Source: Shykh Seraj, Chhad Krishi (episode 276). First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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