VideoA Farmer Dreams Big With Albino "Pink" Buffalo
A livestock entrepreneur is raising albino "pink" buffalo on a modern farm, a sign of new hope for the long-neglected animal.
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VideoNeela's Remarkable Rooftop Farm After 15 Years of Practice
In Goran, Dhaka, Najma Akter Neela has turned 15 years of rooftop farming into a profitable venture, raising healthy seedlings for new urban farmers.
VideoModern Greenhouses and Shade-Net Houses for Flowers in Qatar's Desert
Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar's Al Sulaiteen complex is growing millions of flowers under shade nets to landscape the country.
VideoModern Agriculture in Qatar, a Rich Arab State
Shykh Seraj revisits Qatar's Al Sulaiteen complex, which supplies most of Doha's flowers, and assesses the country's progress in cutting food imports.
VideoA Doctor Couple's Rooftop Farm by Hatirjheel
Beside Hatirjheel in Dhaka, a doctor couple has continued the family's rooftop farm and urges government action on quality seedlings.
VideoMany Farmers Turn to Dragon Fruit as Entrepreneurs Leave Jobs for the Soil
Dragon fruit has become the fastest-growing new fruit in Bangladesh, and in Godagari, Rajshahi, a former job-holder is testing low-cost trellis systems on a 50-bigha farm.
VideoBack From Abroad, Swapan Builds a Large Cattle Farm
Using what he learned abroad, Lutfor Rahman Swapan has built an eight-bigha integrated livestock farm where about 300 local and foreign cattle are fattened.
VideoMukul's Rainwater-Fed Backyard Farm in London: Episode 76
Shykh Seraj visits young professional Mukul Sarkar in London, who grows crops in his garden with an automated "rain gutter growing system" that stores and uses rainwater.
VideoA Returnee's Surprising Rooftop Farm in Kalabagan
After yard farming in Germany, Syed Abdul Quaium Khasru has built a multi-purpose rooftop farm in Kalabagan, Dhaka, including an automated aquaponics system.
VideoSpirulina Now Grown in Backyard Tanks
An entrepreneur in Rajshahi is growing nutritious spirulina in tanks in his yard, though experts say more research is needed on how sustainable such farming is.
VideoIndustrialist Zaber's Biofloc Fish Farm
Shykh Seraj reports on young industrialist Abdullah Zaber's biofloc fish farm, built inside his industrial complex to supply fish to the Noman Group's 70,000 workers.
VideoHasanuzzaman Talukder Farms His Roof for Peace of Mind
In Bashundhara, retired government official Hasanuzzaman Talukder's 2,700 sq ft rooftop farm supplies almost all the vegetables for his two-person household.
VideoTwo Brothers' Rooftop Farm on a House Still Under Construction
In Ashulia, Savar, brothers Sajib and Rajib have covered the roof of their house under construction with a hundred kinds of fruit and a collection of rare plants.