VideoBangladeshi Expatriate Farmers Succeed in Qatar
Bangladeshi expatriates have sparked a farming revolution in Qatar, running thousands of farms, and ask for support from the Bangladesh government.
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VideoA Rooftop Farm on Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station
On the roof of Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station, the officer-in-charge has planted a collection of fruit trees, part of a trend on government buildings.
VideoModern Combine Harvesters Cut Costs Across the Board Amid Labour Shortages
Mechanisation, including 2,620 subsidised combine harvesters, helped farmers finish most of the Boro harvest before the nor'westers despite labour shortages during the pandemic.
VideoDiploma Engineer Mamun Succeeds With Pearl Farming in Pabna
After training at the fisheries research institute, Pabna engineer Mohammad Al Mamun has produced 1,000 design pearls from mussels in his pond and is teaching others.
VideoMeherunnesa's Rooftop Farm in Uttarkhan, Dhaka
In Uttarkhan, Dhaka, Meherunnesa Maya has packed a 1,300 sq ft roof with fruit, crops and plants, inspired by her mother.
VideoCrop Losses in the Haor From an Unfamiliar Disaster
A sudden hot wind lasting a few hours left Boro rice sterile on at least 21,000 hectares in 21 districts in 2021, devastating haor farmers in Netrokona and Kishoreganj.
VideoEducated Young People Drive Farming Success in Tangail
Shykh Seraj reports from Madhupur, Tangail, where educated young entrepreneurs are leading commercial and technology-based farming with polynet houses and cocopeat hydroponics.
VideoHow Is Strawberry Farming Faring in Bangladesh?
Strawberry growing in Bangladesh has had mixed results, but Rajshahi grower Masud Rana has expanded from 10 katha to 8 bighas over four or five years.
VegetablesOnion Self-Sufficiency Will Take a Few More Years
Despite rising production, Bangladesh needs a few more years to end onion imports, with farmers calling for disciplined markets and import policy.
VideoAfrin's "Thikana": Agritourism on the Balu River Inspired by Rizia's House
In Beraid, Dhaka, a college student has built Thikana, an agritourism venture of traditional wooden architecture and foreign flowers, including commercial petunias.
VideoRooftop Farm of Local Government Additional Secretary Mesbah Uddin
Rooftop farming has become a social movement, and Local Government Ministry additional secretary Mesbah Uddin, an agriculturist, keeps a rooftop farm alongside his work.
VideoIPRS Technology Produces 600 Bighas' Worth of Fish on 60 Bighas
Businessman Akbar Hossain's in-pond raceway system (IPRS) in the Barind region of Chapainawabganj creates river-like currents so 60 bighas of water produce as much fish as 600.
VideoA Large Farm of Local and Foreign Cows in Sylhet
In Sylhet, young entrepreneur Abdus Sattar Lovelu has grown a four-cow start in 2016 into a commercial dairy farm of more than 200 cattle.