Agribusiness
Loan Instalments Become a Burden for Haor People
After the flash floods, loan instalments owed to NGOs have become the heaviest burden for haor farmers and fishers.
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
Abu Naser Mohammad Rafiq's Pesticide-Free Rooftop Farm
Since 2003, Bangladesh Bank officer Abu Naser Mohammad Rafiq has grown fruit, flowers and vegetables without pesticides on his 1,950 sq ft roof in Sipahibagh, Dhaka.
Rooftop farming
Sabiha Ahmed's Rooftop Farm in Banani
In Banani, Sabiha Ahmed has spent eight years building a neat three-level rooftop farm and urges planning roof farms when houses are built.
Livestock
Now, Fodder Grass Grown Without Soil
The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is encouraging urban dairy farmers to grow nutritious hydroponic fodder from wheat in air-conditioned chambers.
Rooftop farming
Kamruzzaman's Organic Rooftop Farm in Gulshan
In Gulshan, A A Kamruzzaman runs a fully organic rooftop farm, taking advice from a horticulture expert and growing vegetables in discarded bathtubs.
Agribusiness
Chandpur's Historic River Port Is No More
The century-old Chandpur river port has fallen silent after launches moved to a new ghat that has no proper infrastructure, leaving passengers and traders in trouble.
Fruits
Manikganj's Hazari Gur, Named by Queen Elizabeth
Manikganj's Hazari gur, a date-palm jaggery made by an unchanged traditional process, survives through a few families who fear for its future.
Rooftop farming
Rahela Halim's Rooftop Farm, Beyond Physical Limits
In Lalmatia, Rahela Halim has kept a 2,500 sq ft rooftop garden for 16 years, finding joy there despite physical disability.
VideoGolpata Jaggery, a Bangladeshi Tradition
In Kalapara, Patuakhali, the mangrove nipa palm, known locally as golpata, is a major cash crop and livelihood for coastal villagers.
Fisheries
Chandpur, the Home of Hilsa
Under the government's One District One Product programme, Chandpur is leading the way by presenting itself as the home of hilsa.
Rooftop farming
Rajshahi's Shaheen Salehuddin, Ten Years of Rooftop Farming
In Rajshahi, young horticulturist Shaheen Salehuddin has farmed his roof for ten years and turned an indoor plant nursery into a profitable business.
Rooftop farming
A Rooftop Farm at the Agriculture Secretary's Official Residence
On the roof of the Agriculture Secretary's official residence in Eskaton, his wife Nasima Khanam has built a productive rooftop farm of fruit and vegetables.
Vegetables
Onion Planting in Full Swing in Pabna's Beel Region
In the beel region of Sujanagar, Pabna, the country's largest onion area, farmers are planting on 18,000 hectares, hoping to recover last season's losses.