Livestock
Severe Fodder Shortage in the Haor After Flash Floods
With paddy lost to flash floods, haor farmers face an acute shortage of cattle feed, and a veterinary university has stepped in with feed and medicine.
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EnvironmentFood Aid Under Way Across the Haor, With Some Complaints
Government food aid is under way across the flood-hit haor, and people hope it will help them recover, though some complain of irregularities.
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.
Rooftop farming
Sabiha Ahmed's Rooftop Farm in Banani
In Banani, Sabiha Ahmed has spent eight years building a neat three-level rooftop farm and urges planning roof farms when houses are built.
Livestock
Now, Fodder Grass Grown Without Soil
The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is encouraging urban dairy farmers to grow nutritious hydroponic fodder from wheat in air-conditioned chambers.
Rooftop farming
Kamruzzaman's Organic Rooftop Farm in Gulshan
In Gulshan, A A Kamruzzaman runs a fully organic rooftop farm, taking advice from a horticulture expert and growing vegetables in discarded bathtubs.
Fruits
Manikganj's Hazari Gur, Named by Queen Elizabeth
Manikganj's Hazari gur, a date-palm jaggery made by an unchanged traditional process, survives through a few families who fear for its future.
Rooftop farming
Rahela Halim's Rooftop Farm, Beyond Physical Limits
In Lalmatia, Rahela Halim has kept a 2,500 sq ft rooftop garden for 16 years, finding joy there despite physical disability.
VideoGolpata Jaggery, a Bangladeshi Tradition
In Kalapara, Patuakhali, the mangrove nipa palm, known locally as golpata, is a major cash crop and livelihood for coastal villagers.
Rooftop farming
A Rooftop Farm at the Agriculture Secretary's Official Residence
On the roof of the Agriculture Secretary's official residence in Eskaton, his wife Nasima Khanam has built a productive rooftop farm of fruit and vegetables.
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.
VideoBabul's Remarkable Bottle Gourd Field in Bhaluka
Babul, an educated young man from a poor family in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, has set an example by growing bottle gourd on 30 bighas of hilly land.