Rooftop farming
A Housewife's Success With a Rooftop Garden
At government officers' quarters in Eskaton, Sufia Akhtar Jahan has built a rooftop garden of about 50 species that has won national recognition.
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
Crops
Tea Drinking Rises in the Country, a Huge Economic Turnover
Villagers now drink cup after cup of tea every day, and a rough calculation suggests Bangladeshis spend close to Tk 100 crore a day on it, a turnover hidden from view.
Agribusiness
Farewell to an Economist Devoted to Agriculture
Shykh Seraj pays tribute to development economist Dr Mahbub Hossain, whose work on rice research, food security and sharecropper credit shaped Bangladesh's agriculture.
Environment
A Farm on Unused Land at RAB Headquarters
At the Rapid Action Battalion headquarters in Dhaka, unused, polluted land has been turned into an organic integrated farm over three years.
Organic
Biological Pest Control Spreads Worldwide
UK-based Russell IPM, where a young Bangladeshi scientist leads research, supplies pheromone-based pest control to 145 countries as an alternative to pesticides.
Livestock
Texel, the Netherlands' Kingdom of Sheep
On the Dutch island of Texel, family sheep farms with strict stocking limits produce world-famous sheep's milk cheese.
Agrotech
Windmills, a Living Legacy of Dutch Civilisation
Shykh Seraj visits Zaanse Schans, where 12 of some 13,000 historic Dutch windmills still work, a reminder of how old the idea of renewable energy is.
Bangladesh
Farming Traditions Are Fading
In both England's Shropshire and Bangladesh's Muladuli, landowning families are leaving farming, and in Bangladesh sharecroppers are taking over and prospering.
Fruits
Uganda, the Kingdom of Bananas
In Uganda, where bananas are the staple and main crop, BRAC is producing tissue-culture seedlings to help farmers fight Panama disease.
Fruits
Uganda's Success in Improving Child Nutrition
With BRAC Uganda's agriculture and nutrition project, farm women in Uganda have created a nutritious baby food from milk, iron beans and sweet potato powder.
Crops
BRAC Working to Lift Uganda's Marginalised People
BRAC, the Bangladesh-based NGO, is helping Uganda's marginalised people with farming and nutrition, reaching 64 of the country's 120 districts.
Opinion
Food Security Versus Hidden Hunger
On World Food Day, Shykh Seraj examines why hunger and malnutrition persist despite rising food supply, and where Bangladesh stands.
Vegetables
Day and Night Are of Equal Length Today
On 23 September, the autumn equinox, day and night are of equal length, and the equator in Uganda draws tourists from around the world.