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Robots and Drones Show the Advance of Technology at Wuhan Farm Machinery Fair
The sixth international agricultural machinery exhibition in Wuhan, China, featured 1,993 companies, robotic machines and many remote-controlled drones.
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Soilless Greenhouse in Gazipur Grows Toxin-Free Fruit and Vegetables
A high-tech greenhouse at Rajendrapur in Gazipur grows fruit and vegetables without soil, and its produce is already on the market.
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Crops Grow Like Magic in the Netherlands' Plant Factories
In Dutch greenhouse 'plant factories', computers measure each crop's needs and control nutrients, LED light and temperature to maximise yield.
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Development Journalism and Television (Part 1)
Shykh Seraj on the roots of development journalism in the Green Revolution, and why he turned television into a tool for spreading farm technology.
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A Secondary School Runs in Dilapidated Mud Rooms
More than 350 students at Sonadighi High School in Rajshahi, many from small ethnic communities, study crammed into dark mud rooms 21 years after the school was founded.
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Soilless Farming Shows the Way in Qatar's Desert
Shykh Seraj visits a Qatari desert farm where 30 greenhouses grow fruit and vegetables without soil, recycling about 70 per cent of water and liquid fertiliser.
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Windmills, a Living Legacy of Dutch Civilisation
Shykh Seraj visits Zaanse Schans, where 12 of some 13,000 historic Dutch windmills still work, a reminder of how old the idea of renewable energy is.