Bangladesh
Syed Shamsul Haq's Last Wish
Lung cancer patient Syed Shamsul Haq, who came home from London for treatment, spoke of his plans for Bangabandhu's birth centenary and the golden jubilee of independence.
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Crops
Brahman Beef Cattle Weighing 25 to 30 Maunds Raised on Bangladeshi Farms
For the first time, Brahman beef cattle are being raised on Bangladeshi farms, with bulls reaching 440 to 460 kg at 15 to 18 months, far heavier than local cattle.
Livestock
Belgian Blue Could Be an Alternative
After visiting a Belgian Blue farm in Belgium, Shykh Seraj argues the breed could be researched in Bangladesh to meet beef demand.
Crops
Belgian Blue, an Astonishing Beef Breed
The Belgian Blue, a double-muscled beef breed little known in Bangladesh, has supplied meat in Europe and America for about 70 years.
Flowers
Aleya Khatun's Flower and Fruit Rooftop Farm in Rangpur
In the heart of Rangpur, Aleya Khatun has built a two-tier rooftop farm of flowers and fruit and urges the city's residents to green their empty roofs.
Crops
Aus Rice Transforms Farming in the North
A short-duration Aus rice variety has enabled a four-crop rotation on northern highlands, bringing a harvest in the lean flood season.
Rooftop farming
Dr Wadud Mostafa's Household of Plants
In Rangpur, Professor Dr Abdul Wadud Mostafa has made a household of plants and pigeons his companions since his wife's death 25 years ago.
Vegetables
Development Journalism and Television (Final Part)
In the final part of his essay, Shykh Seraj explains how his programmes moved from production to fair prices, value addition and farmers' wellbeing.
Vegetables
Development Journalism and Television (Part 2)
Shykh Seraj describes how he changed his language, approach and even his clothing to reach farmers through television in the early years of Mati O Manush.
Agrotech
Development Journalism and Television (Part 1)
Shykh Seraj on the roots of development journalism in the Green Revolution, and why he turned television into a tool for spreading farm technology.
Crops
Wheat Blast: Scientists Race to Prevent Losses
The first outbreak of wheat blast in Bangladesh, on 15,000 hectares in eight districts, has prompted local and international scientists to work together on prevention.
Rooftop farming
A Dairy Farm on the Roof of a Seven-Storey Building in Chattogram
In Chattogram, Mahbub Rabbani has kept a dairy farm on the roof of a seven-storey building for 16 years, selling pure milk to neighbours.
Agribusiness
A Farmers' Fish Market in Mymensingh
A fish farmer in Mymensingh has built a market where farmers from four upazilas sell directly, getting better prices and cutting out middlemen.
Livestock
New Prospects for the Nearly Endangered Guinea Fowl
A government project at Bangladesh Agricultural University's poultry science faculty is reviving the nearly endangered guinea fowl as a commercial bird.
Rooftop farming
Professor Salam's Innovative Rooftop Farm
BAU aquaculture professor Abdus Salam, who pioneered bag gardens, has built a soilless, chemical-free rooftop system that links fish and crops.
Rooftop farming
Golam Haider's Commercial Rooftop Farm
In Rampura, Golam Haider runs a commercial rooftop nursery, experiments with aquaponics and campaigns through Bangladesh Green Roof Movement.
Agribusiness
A Revolutionary Industrialist: Amjad Khan Chowdhury and PRAN
On his first death anniversary, Shykh Seraj recalls how PRAN founder Amjad Khan Chowdhury connected Bangladeshi farmers to agro-industry through contract farming and processing.
Bangladesh
The First Handwritten Quran Is Being Carefully Preserved
A Quran fragment found during renovation work in Birmingham, believed to have been written in the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime, is being carefully preserved and drawing visitors.
Rooftop farmingJane Alam's Rich Rooftop Farm in Badda
In Badda, former expatriate Jane Alam Jony has turned a 6,000 sq ft roof into a garden of more than a hundred plants in four years.
Rooftop farming
The Nazimuddin Couple's Huge Garden on a Building Roof
In Gulshan-2, businessman Nazimuddin and his wife Shefali Begum have turned a 25-katha roof into a forest-like garden over ten years.