Bangladeshi Innovator Develops Smart Technology for Fish Farming
Bangladeshi software engineer Shafiul Alam has built a smart device that aerates fish ponds, feeds fish and monitors water quality, winning silver at an invention fair in Seoul.
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Bangladeshi software engineer Shafiul Alam has built a smart device that aerates fish ponds, feeds fish and monitors water quality, winning silver at an invention fair in Seoul.
Quail rearing is helping young people in Cumilla become self-reliant, with the number of farmers growing and demand for quail meat and eggs rising.
Hilsa are turning up in nine upazilas of Kurigram and Gaibandha, though they have vanished from the Teesta in Rangpur, where river flow has declined.
Illegal nets and fixed traps in the rivers, channels and canals of Khansama upazila in Dinajpur are killing brood fish and pushing native species towards disappearance.
Fishers in Chandpur are returning to the Padma and Meghna for hilsa and other fish after a 22-day ban to protect brood hilsa.
As winter approaches, date palm sap collectors in Atrai upazila of Naogaon are busy preparing trees, even as the number of date palms keeps falling.
As Portugal turns to farming to recover from the pandemic, Bangladeshi migrants have won a strong reputation as farm workers.
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Young Chuadanga innovator Ahmedul Kabir Upal has built PondGuard, a solar-powered camera and app system that lets fish farmers watch remote ponds from home.
Farmers in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat fear poor aman yields after a brown planthopper attack that pesticides have failed to stop.
Aloe vera, the herbal plant known in Bengali as ghritakumari, contains many minerals and vitamins used for a range of health purposes.
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Raw onion contains antioxidants and other compounds that, the report says, help protect the heart, bones and skin and control blood sugar.