VideoTulips Will Add Colour to the Flower Market
Tulips, first grown in Sreepur, Gazipur, in 2020, are now cultivated in four places in Bangladesh, from Jashore's Godkhali to Tetulia in Panchagarh.
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VideoA Rich Rooftop Farm at the BADC Building
On the roof of a Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation building, researcher Arif Khan runs trials of liquid fertiliser on guava, lemon and other fruit.
VideoBighas Upon Bighas of Colourful Roses in Savar
Rose growing has transformed villages in Savar, where Imran Hossain grows 7 bighas of Merinda roses and flowers earn two to three times more than other crops.
VideoGreen and Ripe Mangoes in November on a Dhanmondi Rooftop
On a Dhanmondi building shared by ten families, Shafiqul Islam's rooftop farm, started in 2008, bears mangoes even in November thanks to year-round varieties.
VideoA Rooftop Farm on a School in Lohajang, Munshiganj
Head teacher Nripendra Chandra Das has covered the roof of Lohajang Girls' Pilot High School in Munshiganj with a dragon fruit garden.
VideoA Doctor and a Professor's 20-Year Rooftop Farm
Dental professors Shamsul Alam and Hosne Ara Mery have built a rooftop farm over two decades, a green rhythm for their busy professional lives.
VideoNaeem Carefully Tends the Rooftop Farm His Parents Built
In Pirerbag, Dhaka, Mohammad Naeem has turned his mother's hobby rooftop garden into a fully organic 2,400 sq ft farm since 2017.
VideoIndoor Vertical Farming Comes to Bangladesh
In Mirpur, Dhaka, a house rented not for living but for farming now holds an indoor hydroponic vertical farm modelled on those in developed countries.
VideoPapaya Farming Changes Abu Bakkar Siddique's Fortunes
After years in Saudi Arabia, Abu Bakkar Siddique returned home and turned three inherited bighas into a papaya orchard that transformed his life.
VideoImrul's 100 Per Cent Antibiotic-Free Poultry Farm
Computer engineer Imrul Hasan has built a fully antibiotic-free poultry farm on his ancestral land in Kaliakair, Gazipur, delivering meat directly to consumers.
VideoFrom Nothing to 775 Bighas: Sherpur's "Hero of the Soil" Hazrat Ali
Young entrepreneur Hazrat Ali, the son of a marginal farmer, has built a 775-bigha farm of orchards, fish, poultry and dairy in four blocks in Sherpur Sadar.
VideoZahid, From a Very Poor Family, Achieves Remarkable Success
Zahid, a young man from a very poor family, has built a 12-bigha malta orchard and is changing his area through lemon and malta farming.
VideoLayer Farm in Madhupur Keeps Going Through the Pandemic
In Madhupur, Tangail, university graduate Naeem runs a medium-sized farm of 4,300 layers and has held on through the price and supply shocks of the pandemic.