VideoEntrepreneur Sajal Ahmed's Unusual Research on Foreign Fruits
In Chuadanga, entrepreneur Sajal Ahmed's orchard of about 500 fruit varieties tests which foreign fruits can be grown profitably in Bangladesh.
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Rooftop farmingA 2,200 sq ft Green Revolution in a Concrete Jungle
In Boxnagar, Demra, Shah Alam's 2,200 sq ft rooftop grows more than a hundred kinds of fruit, vegetables and ornamentals, with hydroponics and a pigeon loft.
VideoHormone-Treated Dragon Fruit: Health Risks Rise as Demand Falls
A 42-bigha dragon fruit farm in Munshiganj shows modern growing at scale, while overuse of growth hormones in some areas is hurting fruit quality and demand.
VideoA Collection of Rare Local and Foreign Mangoes Grows in Chandpur
On three and a half acres beside the Dakatia river, Helal Uddin's Fruits Valley Agro has become a collection of rare mangoes and other fruits from home and abroad.
VideoAsia's Largest Farm Machinery Exhibition in Wuhan, China, 2023: Episode 4
In episode four from Asia's largest farm machinery exhibition in Wuhan, Shykh Seraj reports on a competition in which Chinese university students build machines for the future.
VideoA Safe, Export-Oriented Journey in Glasshouses
Shykh Seraj reports on Bangladesh's first glasshouse agriculture, three automated glasshouses covering 66,000 square feet in Trishal, Mymensingh, aimed at safe and export-oriented farming.
VideoMukul's Rainwater-Fed Backyard Farm in London: Episode 76
Shykh Seraj visits young professional Mukul Sarkar in London, who grows crops in his garden with an automated "rain gutter growing system" that stores and uses rainwater.
VideoIndustrialist Zaber's Biofloc Fish Farm
Shykh Seraj reports on young industrialist Abdullah Zaber's biofloc fish farm, built inside his industrial complex to supply fish to the Noman Group's 70,000 workers.
VideoModern Combine Harvesters Cut Costs Across the Board Amid Labour Shortages
Mechanisation, including 2,620 subsidised combine harvesters, helped farmers finish most of the Boro harvest before the nor'westers despite labour shortages during the pandemic.
VideoEducated Young People Drive Farming Success in Tangail
Shykh Seraj reports from Madhupur, Tangail, where educated young entrepreneurs are leading commercial and technology-based farming with polynet houses and cocopeat hydroponics.
VideoIPRS Technology Produces 600 Bighas' Worth of Fish on 60 Bighas
Businessman Akbar Hossain's in-pond raceway system (IPRS) in the Barind region of Chapainawabganj creates river-like currents so 60 bighas of water produce as much fish as 600.
AgrotechAn Integrated, Technology-Driven Fish Farm in Natore
Four young entrepreneurs in Natore have built an integrated fish farm of 20 ponds on 20 acres, using aerators to create river-like conditions for high-density farming.
LivestockA New Use of the Internet of Things Begins in Bangladesh's Livestock Sector
A capsule-shaped IoT device placed in a cow's stomach now reports its health to farmers' phones in Bangladesh, Shykh Seraj reports from a farm in Rupganj.