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.
Categories
Bangladesh
Rooftop farming
Educated Young Man Builds a Farm Making Rooftop Farming Inputs
In Chuadanga, young entrepreneur Alimuzzaman Milton makes inputs for rooftop farming and tests new techniques, from PVC pipe growing to soilless mixes.
Vegetables
Educated Young Man Succeeds Growing Bottle Gourd on Fallow Land
In Bhaluka, Mymensingh, educated young man Babul has turned 30 bighas of leased jungle land into a profitable bottle gourd farm.
Rooftop farming
A Bank Officer's Successful Rooftop Farm in Rampura
In Rampura, Bangladesh Bank officer Mushheda Khanam Renu has built a rooftop farm and learned grafting to produce seedlings commercially.
Rooftop farming
A Housewife's Array of Plants on a Small Jashore Roof
On a roof of just 950 sq ft in Jashore, housewife Farhana Yasmin has arranged over a hundred plants and inspired women in her neighbourhood.
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
Two Generations of Rooftop Farming in West Rampura
In West Rampura, a rooftop farm begun two decades ago by a retired aviation official has passed to his daughter and inspires the next generation.
Crops
Baby Watermelon, Another Profitable Crop
In Chuadanga, off-season Black Baby watermelon grown on trellises has become a profitable crop, doubling in area in a year.
Flowers
Farmers Find Colourful Days
Flower farming is spreading quickly in southwest Bangladesh, where farmers say flowers pay better than rice and a roadside market trades crores of taka in season.
Rooftop farming
A Unique Eight-Year Rooftop Farm on a Three-Storey House
In Jashore, businessman Lutfor Rahman planned his roof for farming during construction, and now grows nearly all his family's fruit and vegetables there.
Crops
A Wide Array of Early Winter Crops in the Southwest
Early winter vegetables are earning southwest Bangladesh farmers large profits while the grip of middlemen weakens.
Fruits
Winter Approaches in the Southwest as Tappers Prepare Date Palms for Sap
As winter nears, date palm tappers across southwest Bangladesh are preparing trees for the sap season, though both trees and tappers are dwindling.
Rooftop farming
A Young Couple's Planned Green Roof in Kalyanpur
In Kalyanpur, a young couple has spent eight years turning their apartment roof into a planned green garden that feeds the family and the mind.