VideoMeherunnesa's Rooftop Farm in Uttarkhan, Dhaka
In Uttarkhan, Dhaka, Meherunnesa Maya has packed a 1,300 sq ft roof with fruit, crops and plants, inspired by her mother.
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VideoCrop Losses in the Haor From an Unfamiliar Disaster
A sudden hot wind lasting a few hours left Boro rice sterile on at least 21,000 hectares in 21 districts in 2021, devastating haor farmers in Netrokona and Kishoreganj.
VideoEducated Young People Drive Farming Success in Tangail
Shykh Seraj reports from Madhupur, Tangail, where educated young entrepreneurs are leading commercial and technology-based farming with polynet houses and cocopeat hydroponics.
VideoHow Is Strawberry Farming Faring in Bangladesh?
Strawberry growing in Bangladesh has had mixed results, but Rajshahi grower Masud Rana has expanded from 10 katha to 8 bighas over four or five years.
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Onion Self-Sufficiency Will Take a Few More Years
Despite rising production, Bangladesh needs a few more years to end onion imports, with farmers calling for disciplined markets and import policy.
VideoAfrin's "Thikana": Agritourism on the Balu River Inspired by Rizia's House
In Beraid, Dhaka, a college student has built Thikana, an agritourism venture of traditional wooden architecture and foreign flowers, including commercial petunias.
VideoRooftop Farm of Local Government Additional Secretary Mesbah Uddin
Rooftop farming has become a social movement, and Local Government Ministry additional secretary Mesbah Uddin, an agriculturist, keeps a rooftop farm alongside his work.
VideoIPRS Technology Produces 600 Bighas' Worth of Fish on 60 Bighas
Businessman Akbar Hossain's in-pond raceway system (IPRS) in the Barind region of Chapainawabganj creates river-like currents so 60 bighas of water produce as much fish as 600.
VideoA Large Farm of Local and Foreign Cows in Sylhet
In Sylhet, young entrepreneur Abdus Sattar Lovelu has grown a four-cow start in 2016 into a commercial dairy farm of more than 200 cattle.
VideoLivestock and Dairy Farms Are Increasing in Sylhet
Dairy farming is booming in Sylhet, where farms in one upazila have grown from about a dozen to more than 100 in five years.
VideoNahar Dairy Farm, a Modern Dairy of Developed-World Standard
Shykh Seraj looks at Nahar Dairy Farm in the context of the Internet of Things revolution in dairy farming seen in the Netherlands and South Korea.
VideoRafiqul Islam's Commercial Dragon Fruit Orchard in Chapainawabganj
In Gomostapur, Chapainawabganj, former teacher Rafiqul Islam has built an 840-bigha farm of fish ponds and fruit orchards, including dragon fruit, in just 11 years.
VideoFarmers' Success and the Use of Mixed Fertiliser
As crop diversity spreads across Bangladesh, farmers are learning to think about soil health as well as yields, using fertiliser in a more balanced way.