VideoAsfia Sabina's Rooftop Farm in Mohammadpur
In Mohammadpur, Dhaka, former Eden College professor Asfia Sabina has tended a neat, productive 2,700 sq ft rooftop farm since 2017.
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VideoWoman Entrepreneur Tania Parvin Succeeds With Vermicompost
Tania Parvin of Shobharampur, Faridpur, escaped years of hardship by producing vermicompost, as women take a growing role in restoring soil health.
VideoTwo Brothers' Vermicompost Factory in Monirampur, Jashore
In Monirampur, Jashore, two brothers have set up a large vermicompost factory, producing worm compost that is richer in nutrients than other organic fertilisers.
VideoThe History and Heritage of Date Palm Jaggery
Hridoye Mati O Manush looks at how media campaigns and local government in Chaugachha, Jashore, have revived date palm sap collection and jaggery making.
VideoTangail's Halima Begum Becomes Self-Reliant Through Farming
Women's role in Bangladesh agriculture is rising faster than anywhere in the world, the report notes, introducing Tangail farmer Halima Begum.
VideoRetired Azharul Islam Succeeds With Capsicum in Tangail
In his seventies, retired Azharul Islam Talukder of Basail, Tangail, has built a polynet house to grow coloured capsicum after weather hurt his first crop.
VideoGazipur Farmer Succeeds With an Integrated Farm of High-Value Crops
In Gazipur Sadar, former farm labourer Shafiqul Islam has built a 24-bigha integrated farm of papaya, banana, pumpkin, cauliflower and cabbage.
VideoAsia's Largest Farm Machinery Exhibition in Wuhan, China, 2023: Episode 4
In episode four from Asia's largest farm machinery exhibition in Wuhan, Shykh Seraj reports on a competition in which Chinese university students build machines for the future.
Rooftop farmingShamima Sultana's Three-Tier Rooftop Farm in Mirpur DOHS
In Mirpur DOHS, where most roofs are green, Shamima Sultana has built a three-tier rooftop farm of about 200 kinds of plants on an eight-storey building.
VideoAvocado Grown Commercially in Bangladesh for the First Time
A Jhenaidah schoolteacher has begun the first commercial avocado cultivation in Bangladesh, while a horticulture expert urges research before wider planting.
VideoA 13,000 sq ft Rooftop Farm on a Gazipur Garment Factory
Since 2015, garment maker Irish Design Ltd in Gazipur has grown fruit and crops across a 13,000 sq ft rooftop to create a greener workplace.
VideoA Safe, Export-Oriented Journey in Glasshouses
Shykh Seraj reports on Bangladesh's first glasshouse agriculture, three automated glasshouses covering 66,000 square feet in Trishal, Mymensingh, aimed at safe and export-oriented farming.
VideoFour Brothers Carry Forward Their Father's Success in Fish Farming
The farm built over three decades by Narsingdi fish farming pioneer Shamsuddin Shama is now run by his four sons, who aim to modernise its methods and marketing.