Rooftop farming
The Rooftop Farm of Martyr Altaf Mahmud's Daughter
On Martyred Intellectuals Day, Shykh Seraj visits the Eskaton rooftop garden of Shaon Mahmud, daughter of the martyred composer Altaf Mahmud.
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
Flowers
Savar's Flower Farmers Face a Land Crisis
After three decades of commercial flower farming, growers in Savar say land is being lost to non-farm uses while artificial flowers undercut them.
Agribusiness
Turkey, a New Addition to the Poultry Industry
Turkey is a new addition to Bangladesh's poultry industry, and in Ashulia, Amir Hossain Sarkar went from 21 chicks to a commercial farm with its own hatchery in a year.
Rooftop farming
A Lovely Rooftop Farm, Companion in Retirement
In Merul Badda, 72-year-old Abul Hashem has spent twelve years building a two-level rooftop farm that combines fruit and crops with sheep and pigeons.
Agribusiness
A Modern Fish Farm Built With Big Investment in Chapainawabganj
In Chapainawabganj, the 20-hectare Nawab Fish Farm uses aerators and automatic feeding in 36 ponds, with fruit trees planted on the banks.
Rooftop farming
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.
Agrotech
Robots and Drones Show the Advance of Technology at Wuhan Farm Machinery Fair
The sixth international agricultural machinery exhibition in Wuhan, China, featured 1,993 companies, robotic machines and many remote-controlled drones.
Fruits
Driver Motiur's Striking Success With Malta on Dry Land
In the mango district of Chapainawabganj, former driver Motiur Rahman has turned dry Barind land into a thriving malta and mixed fruit orchard.
Rooftop farming
A Rich Rooftop Farm on a Narayanganj Garment Factory
On the roof of a seven-storey garment factory beside the Shitalakshya in Narayanganj, the owner has built a rooftop farm that has turned commercial.
Flowers
Uganda's First and Largest Farm, With Sixty Years of Tradition
In Uganda, the 162-hectare Mairye Estate grows fully export-oriented roses and salad crops in 60 greenhouses, half of them hydroponic.
Agribusiness
Privately Run Biogas Plants Succeed in Germany
In Germany, private commercial biogas plants turn grain and waste into electricity, household gas and organic fertiliser, supplied by contract farmers.
Opinion
Eid Joy of Bengal's People in the Cultural Sphere of the Media
Shykh Seraj traces how Eid grew into a national festival in Bangladesh and calls on the media to include the rural people who feed the nation in its Eid celebrations.
Agribusiness
Half a Million Farmers Ready for the Qurbani Market
Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, about 550,000 farmers were ready to supply sacrificial animals, and the livestock department said no imports would be needed.