Agribusiness
After Cage Fish Farming, Chandpur's Sohel Finds Success With Turkeys
Sohel Miaji of Chandpur's Puran Bazar, known for floating-cage fish farming, has built a turkey flock of over 500 birds in seven months.
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Educated Young Farmers Set Examples of Success
Kibria Gazi of Shibpur, Narsingdi, turned a student-days fish pond and single cow into a large integrated farm that employs many local workers.
Fruits
A Fruit Bag Factory Opens in Chapainawabganj
Entrepreneur Jesmin Akter has built the country's first factory for fruit bags in Chapainawabganj, reducing dependence on bags imported from China and Taiwan.
Agribusiness
Unemployed Young People Become Self-Reliant Through Pigeon Farming
Pigeon farming has made many young people in Meherpur self-reliant, though farmers say the lack of training and a district market keeps them from fair prices.
Flowers
Royal Van Zanten, One of the World's Top Flower Businesses
Shykh Seraj visits Royal Van Zanten, a Dutch flower company founded in 1862 that breeds, grows and exports bulbs worldwide.
Agribusiness
An Industrialist's Success With a Hobby Farm
A garment industrialist who turned to farming as a hobby has built a 35-bigha integrated organic farm in Narayanganj that supplies his own workers.
Agribusiness
Turkey, a New Addition to the Poultry Industry
Turkey is a new addition to Bangladesh's poultry industry, and in Ashulia, Amir Hossain Sarkar went from 21 chicks to a commercial farm with its own hatchery in a year.
Agribusiness
A Modern Fish Farm Built With Big Investment in Chapainawabganj
In Chapainawabganj, the 20-hectare Nawab Fish Farm uses aerators and automatic feeding in 36 ponds, with fruit trees planted on the banks.
Agribusiness
Privately Run Biogas Plants Succeed in Germany
In Germany, private commercial biogas plants turn grain and waste into electricity, household gas and organic fertiliser, supplied by contract farmers.
Agribusiness
Half a Million Farmers Ready for the Qurbani Market
Ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, about 550,000 farmers were ready to supply sacrificial animals, and the livestock department said no imports would be needed.
AgribusinessBangladesh's Hilsa Recognised as a GI Product, Opening New Prospects
Hilsa has been recognised as a Geographical Indication product of Bangladesh, which produces 65 per cent of the world's hilsa, opening new branding prospects.
Fruits
A Businessman's Thriving Mango Orchard in Lohajang
A Dhaka businessman has built a mango orchard at his ancestral village in Lohajang, Munshiganj, which this year is laden with many varieties.
Agribusiness
Golden Maize Across the Fields, and Talk of Profit Everywhere
Maize has nearly doubled in five or six years and become a main cash crop in northern Bangladesh, but farmers want state procurement and action on poor seed.