Livestock
A Kadaknath Black Chicken Farm in Shibpur, Narsingdi
In Majlishpur, Shibpur, Narsingdi, Kamrul Islam Masud is commercially rearing and hatching Kadaknath chickens, which are black from beak and feathers to meat and bones.
Agricultural journalist
Shykh Seraj
Shykh Seraj is a Bangladeshi agricultural journalist and broadcaster, founding Director and Head of News of Channel i. He has made farming programmes for television since 1982: Mati O Manush on Bangladesh Television, then Hridoye Mati O Manush on Channel i from 2004. He received the Ekushey Padak (1995), the FAO A.H. Boerma Award (2008-09) and the Independence Award (2018). The Agro News publishes his programmes, reports and columns under his name. · 364 stories
Rooftop farming
Abdul Khaleque's Toxin-Free Rooftop Farm in Merul Badda
On the roof of his six-storey Merul Badda home, Abdul Khaleque grows toxin-free fruit and crops using modern technology and organic methods.
Vegetables
Razia Sultana's Exotic Vegetable Farm in Ashulia
In Ashulia, Savar, young housewife Razia Sultana has built an 18-bigha farm of foreign vegetables and adds new crops based on demand, cost and profit.
Bangladesh
Country's Largest Anatomy Museum in Chattogram
An anatomy museum at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, said to be the country's largest, is giving students hands-on knowledge of animal bodies.
Rooftop farming
Nurul Alam's Rooftop Farm in South Patenga, Chattogram
In South Patenga, Chattogram, Nurul Alam has built a rooftop garden of flowers, fruit and medicinal plants that has eased his physical ailments.
Livestock
Life Changes for Marginal People on the Thakurgaon Border
On the Thakurgaon border, people who once lived by carrying goods across the frontier have turned to fish farming, poultry and livestock.
Rooftop farming
Advanced Rooftop Farming Research at Chattogram Veterinary University
Inspired by a television programme, students and teachers at Chattogram Veterinary University are researching integrated rooftop farming systems.
Vegetables
A Vegetable Farm on 250 Bighas in Halishahar, Chattogram
In South Halishahar, inside Chattogram City Corporation, Muhammad Mohsin runs a 250-bigha vegetable farm sending 5 to 6 tonnes of tomatoes to market each day.
Rooftop farming
Liakat Hossain's Rooftop Farm in Park Circus, West Bengal
In Park Circus, West Bengal, Liakat Hossain and his wife have built a rooftop fruit garden that eases the loneliness of an emptier home.
Flowers
Royal Van Zanten, One of the World's Top Flower Businesses
Shykh Seraj visits Royal Van Zanten, a Dutch flower company founded in 1862 that breeds, grows and exports bulbs worldwide.
Agribusiness
An Industrialist's Success With a Hobby Farm
A garment industrialist who turned to farming as a hobby has built a 35-bigha integrated organic farm in Narayanganj that supplies his own workers.
Fisheries
High-Yield Indoor Fish Farming Begins in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has begun indoor fish farming in tanks, which its scientists say yields many times more than ponds.
Bangladesh
After the 7 March Speech, Bengal's Farmers Turned the Liberation Struggle Into a People's War
From the Tebhaga movement to 1971, Bengal's farmers powered the struggle for independence, yet the question remains whether they get the respect they deserve.