Agribusiness
Loan Instalments Become a Burden for Haor People
After the flash floods, loan instalments owed to NGOs have become the heaviest burden for haor farmers and fishers.
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Agribusiness
Chandpur's Historic River Port Is No More
The century-old Chandpur river port has fallen silent after launches moved to a new ghat that has no proper infrastructure, leaving passengers and traders in trouble.
Rooftop farming
Tajul Islam, a Rooftop Farmer for More Than Two Decades
Retired government official Tajul Islam of Indira Road has kept a rooftop farm since the early 1990s and designed his building around it.
Agribusiness
Boithakata Floating Market, a Tradition of the South
In Nazirpur, Pirojpur, the Boithakata floating market on the Belua river is the main trading centre for thousands of river-bound farm families.
Vegetables
Early Winter Vegetables in Meherpur: Beans Pay Best
Early winter beans are the most profitable crop for Meherpur farmers, earning up to 80,000 taka a bigha, but pesticide use remains dangerous.
Rooftop farming
Mamunur Rashid Finds Commercial Success in Rooftop Farming
Over 28 years, Mamunur Rashid has turned a 2,000 sq ft roof into a fruit orchard and seedling business, inspired by BTV's Mati O Manush.
Agribusiness
Sound Trade Policy Guarantees Profits for China's Broiler Farmers
In China, clear government rules and contract arrangements with feed companies mean broiler farmers rarely make a loss, Shykh Seraj reports from Shandong.
Agribusiness
New Hope for China's Poultry Industry
In Shandong, China, quality feed and company support have made a layer farm reliably profitable, a model Shykh Seraj suggests for Bangladesh's feed companies.
Rooftop farming
The Nursery Industry Is Growing in the Capital
Nurseries across Dhaka are meeting growing demand from rooftop farmers and gardeners, though buyers raise concerns about seedling quality and training is needed.
Agribusiness
A Farmers' Fish Market in Mymensingh
A fish farmer in Mymensingh has built a market where farmers from four upazilas sell directly, getting better prices and cutting out middlemen.
Rooftop farming
Golam Haider's Commercial Rooftop Farm
In Rampura, Golam Haider runs a commercial rooftop nursery, experiments with aquaponics and campaigns through Bangladesh Green Roof Movement.
Agribusiness
A Revolutionary Industrialist: Amjad Khan Chowdhury and PRAN
On his first death anniversary, Shykh Seraj recalls how PRAN founder Amjad Khan Chowdhury connected Bangladeshi farmers to agro-industry through contract farming and processing.
Agribusiness
Four Hundred Years Since Shakespeare's Death
The 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death is drawing lovers of art and literature from around the world to his birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon.