Fruits
Sweet Malta Orchards Spread Village by Village in Pirojpur
Malta orchards are spreading across villages in Pirojpur Sadar, where marginal farmer Rebati Sikder earned about 70,000 taka from 150 trees on his homestead.
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Bangladesh
Rooftop farming
A Farming-Minded Couple Fulfils a Dream on Their Roof
In Adabor, agricultural extension officials A B M Siddique and Anwara Sharmin have turned their six-storey roof into a farm of about 60 kinds of plants.
Rooftop farming
A Housewife's Success With a Rooftop Garden
At government officers' quarters in Eskaton, Sufia Akhtar Jahan has built a rooftop garden of about 50 species that has won national recognition.
Crops
Tea Drinking Rises in the Country, a Huge Economic Turnover
Villagers now drink cup after cup of tea every day, and a rough calculation suggests Bangladeshis spend close to Tk 100 crore a day on it, a turnover hidden from view.
Agribusiness
Farewell to an Economist Devoted to Agriculture
Shykh Seraj pays tribute to development economist Dr Mahbub Hossain, whose work on rice research, food security and sharecropper credit shaped Bangladesh's agriculture.
Environment
A Farm on Unused Land at RAB Headquarters
At the Rapid Action Battalion headquarters in Dhaka, unused, polluted land has been turned into an organic integrated farm over three years.
Organic
Biological Pest Control Spreads Worldwide
UK-based Russell IPM, where a young Bangladeshi scientist leads research, supplies pheromone-based pest control to 145 countries as an alternative to pesticides.
Bangladesh
Farming Traditions Are Fading
In both England's Shropshire and Bangladesh's Muladuli, landowning families are leaving farming, and in Bangladesh sharecroppers are taking over and prospering.
Vegetables
Day and Night Are of Equal Length Today
On 23 September, the autumn equinox, day and night are of equal length, and the equator in Uganda draws tourists from around the world.
Fisheries
Disease Kills Koi Fish, Ruining Hundreds of Farmers
A mass die-off of Vietnamese koi has ruined hundreds of fish farmers, and BFRI scientists have linked it to bacteria and poor pond water.
Fisheries
The Nearly Extinct Gang Magur Returns
Nurul Haque of Brahmaputra Fish Seed Hatchery in Mymensingh has bred the nearly extinct gang magur, raising hopes of reviving the native fish for farmers.
Flowers
Keukenhof's Tribute on Van Gogh's Death Anniversary
On the 125th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh's death, the Netherlands' Keukenhof garden honoured the flower-loving painter with a Van Gogh Year and a giant tulip portrait.
Bangladesh
We Can Show That Bangladesh Is a Role Model: Sir Abed (Podcast)
BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed says his World Food Prize honours his staff and that Bangladesh's development example will one day be recognised as a model worldwide.