FruitsLED Lights Give Dragon Fruit Growers Ten Months of Harvest a Year
A young farmer in Guangdong uses rows of LED lights to lengthen the day, extending his dragon fruit season by four months.
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Restaurant Fridge Full of Migratory Bird Meat
A mobile court raid on Panch Bhai Restaurant in Sylhet seized a large quantity of slaughtered migratory birds and led to the arrest of two managers.
AgrotechAI-Powered Machines Take Centre Stage at Asia's Big Farm Machinery Expo
Machines with Artificial Intelligence (AI) led Asia's large agricultural machinery exhibition in Wuhan, where 1,900 companies from 30 countries showed their products.
CropsSaidur Rahman's Allotment Farming in Newham, East London
In Newham, East London, Bangladeshi expatriates are making the most of council allotment plots, growing crops from home on small parcels of land.
VideoA Huge Malta Orchard on 40 Bighas
In Damurhuda, Chuadanga, agricultural entrepreneur Sakhawat Hossain Babul has built a 40-bigha orchard of 4,000 sweet malta trees.
FruitsThe Country's Largest Malta Orchard in Damurhuda, Chuadanga
In Damurhuda, Chuadanga, Shakhawat Hossain Babul has built what he and experts say is the country's largest malta orchard, with 4,000 trees on 40 bighas.
FisheriesThe Country's First Pet Hospital
Bangladesh's first hospital for pets, set up by CVASU at Purbachal in Dhaka, opens on 27 October.
FruitsYear-Round Mangoes Laden on Trees Even in Autumn
Abul Kashem of Jibannagar, Chuadanga, has a 22-bigha orchard of Katimon mangoes that fruit out of season, and the DAE is preparing to spread the variety.
VideoWhere Bangladeshi Farm Produce Stands in London
Shykh Seraj visits New Spitalfields, one of Europe's largest fruit and vegetable wholesale markets, to see whether Bangladeshi produce reaches it.
VegetablesBangladesh Falls Behind in the Vegetable Export Trade
Despite ranking third in vegetable production, Bangladesh still lags in exports, as quality and packaging problems keep it out of major UK wholesale markets.
Environment
Weaver Bird Nests Are Disappearing
The skilfully woven nests of weaver birds, once seen on palm trees across the countryside, are disappearing because of environmental degradation.
FlowersWorld-Class Polynet Houses Bring Commercial Gerbera Farming to Bangladesh
In Bhaluka, Mymensingh, a private industrial group went from building polynet houses to marketing gerbera within a year, growing 12 varieties on 12 bighas.
Agribusiness"Village Super Market": A Dream Market for Farmers in Dumuria
Built under Solidaridad's SaFaL project, the Village Super Market in Dumuria, Khulna, is the country's first modern produce market designed to help farmers escape middlemen.
Fisheries
Trained Workforce Needed to Develop the Poultry Industry
Opening a three-day poultry disease workshop for vets at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, the fisheries and livestock secretary said the industry needs trained people.
Fisheries
How the Hilsa Genome Decoded by Bangladeshi Scientists Could Raise Production
Four researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh have unravelled the complete genome of the hilsa, Bangladesh's national fish.
Rooftop farmingA Shared Rooftop Farm by a Chattogram Building's Owners
In Chattogram's Lakeview area, the co-owners of a residential building have jointly built a rooftop collection of local and foreign flowers.
Fruits
Turkey Farming Brings a Change of Fortune
Turkey rearing is gaining ground in Bangladesh, and two brothers in Manikganj's Shibalaya upazila have built a farm of around 150 birds.
LivestockFarmers Profit From Cattle Raised the Traditional Way
Demand for locally raised cattle is high again this Eid ul-Adha, and farmers such as Kibria Gazi of Shibpur, Narsingdi, say the traditional method pays.
Opinion
"Returning to Roots" Around the World: Lessons From Stone Barns
Shykh Seraj describes a visit to Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York, where children and students learn farming from field to plate.
Rooftop farmingRooftop Farming Research at SAU and a Bangladeshi's Yard Farm in Jamaica
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is testing rooftop farming models, while in Jamaica, New York, expatriate Labonee Mustafa grows Bangladeshi vegetables in her yard.