Fruits
Rajshahi Mango Growers Face Doubts at the Start of the Season
At the start of the season, mango growers in Rajshahi fear losses from fixed harvest dates and urge officials not to harm a promising sector.
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
Bangladesh
A Rare Initiative in Jamalpur to Teach the History of the Liberation War
In remote Kapashatia village in Jamalpur, a museum that grew out of a 1934 Gandhi Ashram is teaching villagers and students the history of Bengal's struggle for freedom.
Flowers
From Two Rose Plants to a Successful Rooftop Farm
Retired insurance officer A A Kamruzzaman's two rose plants in 2003 grew into a two-level rooftop farm in Gulshan-1 with about a hundred species.
Opinion
Development Journalism: What, Why and Which Way?
Shykh Seraj explains the roots of development journalism, its role in Bangladesh's agricultural progress, and what the next generation of journalists must do.
Agrotech
Soilless Farming Shows the Way in Qatar's Desert
Shykh Seraj visits a Qatari desert farm where 30 greenhouses grow fruit and vegetables without soil, recycling about 70 per cent of water and liquid fertiliser.
Crops
New Hope for Jute in the Export Trade
With demand for natural fibre rising, Bangladesh is exporting 131 diversified jute products, from shoe soles to bags and clothing.
Agribusiness
Trees, Friends of People, Now a Source of Terror
The death of filmmaker Khalid Mahmud Mithu under a falling tree has turned many of Dhaka's old trees into objects of fear, with activists calling for coordinated care.
Rooftop farming
Shamsul Alam Has Tended His Rooftop Farm for Fifteen Years
In Panchlaish Hillview, Chattogram, Shamsul Alam has tended a well-planned rooftop farm for fifteen years, supplying his family with fresh vegetables and fruit.
Crops
The Jute Industry Is Waking Up
With closed mills reopening and jute packaging made mandatory, Bangladesh's jute industry is reviving and a large domestic market is emerging.
Agribusiness
The Netherlands, Unique in the History of Trade and Industry
Keukenhof, a vast tulip garden open to tourists two months a year, stands at the centre of a Dutch flower trade that supplies 60 per cent of the world's flowers.
Flowers
Flowers, Fruit and Birds on a House Roof
A Gulshan couple has spent 20 years turning their roof into a small farm of vegetables, fruit, flowers and birds.
Fruits
Sweet Malta Orchards Spread Village by Village in Pirojpur
Malta orchards are spreading across villages in Pirojpur Sadar, where marginal farmer Rebati Sikder earned about 70,000 taka from 150 trees on his homestead.
Rooftop farming
A Farming-Minded Couple Fulfils a Dream on Their Roof
In Adabor, agricultural extension officials A B M Siddique and Anwara Sharmin have turned their six-storey roof into a farm of about 60 kinds of plants.