Rooftop farmingRooftop Farming Turns Into a Farm Factory With Automated Aquaponics
A Mirpur rooftop of 2,000 square feet has become an automated, integrated aquaponics farm growing fish, fruit and vegetables together.
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Shykh Seraj
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AgribusinessMoringa Brings New Prospects for Commercial Farming
In Chuadanga, farmer Abdul Kader has planted hundreds of moringa trees for their nutritious leaves, as commercial moringa growing begins in Bangladesh.
FruitsLED Lights Give Dragon Fruit Growers Ten Months of Harvest a Year
A young farmer in Guangdong uses rows of LED lights to lengthen the day, extending his dragon fruit season by four months.
AgrotechAI-Powered Machines Take Centre Stage at Asia's Big Farm Machinery Expo
Machines with Artificial Intelligence (AI) led Asia's large agricultural machinery exhibition in Wuhan, where 1,900 companies from 30 countries showed their products.
CropsSaidur Rahman's Allotment Farming in Newham, East London
In Newham, East London, Bangladeshi expatriates are making the most of council allotment plots, growing crops from home on small parcels of land.
VideoA Huge Malta Orchard on 40 Bighas
In Damurhuda, Chuadanga, agricultural entrepreneur Sakhawat Hossain Babul has built a 40-bigha orchard of 4,000 sweet malta trees.
FruitsThe Country's Largest Malta Orchard in Damurhuda, Chuadanga
In Damurhuda, Chuadanga, Shakhawat Hossain Babul has built what he and experts say is the country's largest malta orchard, with 4,000 trees on 40 bighas.
FruitsYear-Round Mangoes Laden on Trees Even in Autumn
Abul Kashem of Jibannagar, Chuadanga, has a 22-bigha orchard of Katimon mangoes that fruit out of season, and the DAE is preparing to spread the variety.
VideoWhere Bangladeshi Farm Produce Stands in London
Shykh Seraj visits New Spitalfields, one of Europe's largest fruit and vegetable wholesale markets, to see whether Bangladeshi produce reaches it.
VegetablesBangladesh Falls Behind in the Vegetable Export Trade
Despite ranking third in vegetable production, Bangladesh still lags in exports, as quality and packaging problems keep it out of major UK wholesale markets.
FlowersWorld-Class Polynet Houses Bring Commercial Gerbera Farming to Bangladesh
In Bhaluka, Mymensingh, a private industrial group went from building polynet houses to marketing gerbera within a year, growing 12 varieties on 12 bighas.
Agribusiness"Village Super Market": A Dream Market for Farmers in Dumuria
Built under Solidaridad's SaFaL project, the Village Super Market in Dumuria, Khulna, is the country's first modern produce market designed to help farmers escape middlemen.
Rooftop farmingA Shared Rooftop Farm by a Chattogram Building's Owners
In Chattogram's Lakeview area, the co-owners of a residential building have jointly built a rooftop collection of local and foreign flowers.