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Rooftop Farming at a School in Narayanganj

A girls' high school in Narayanganj has turned its 8,000 sq ft roof into a garden and practical botany classroom for its 1,500 students.

Students and teachers can benefit in several ways from a rooftop farm at a school. One successful example is Bibi Mariam Girls' High School in Narayanganj, where everyone can be closely involved in farming and enjoy fresh flowers and crops.

Since 2012


The rooftop farm at the school on Isa Khan Road in Narayanganj town began in 2012, and the green garden has been growing on the huge 8,000 square foot roof ever since. As plants, flowers and fruit were added, the idea developed.

A practical classroom


It is now the school's practical field for botany as well as a complete garden, a piece of green landscape. Headteacher Shafiul Alam Khan said others connected with the school have also become aware of rooftop farming.

For the school's 1,500 students, trees, nature and farming are now very familiar.

Source: Shykh Seraj, Chhad Krishi. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.

Shykh SerajAgricultural journalist

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