LivestockThe 95-acre farm at Fakirhat, Bagerhat, milks 44 buffaloes for about 130 litres a day, sold at the gate for Tk 70 a kilo; set up in 1984-85 with ADB funding, 111 animals and 50 staff, it now has ten revenue-post employees plus 22 outsourced hands, and distributed 141 calves to 101 farmers in 2024-25
CropsUnder the election-pledge farmer-card programme, Bagerhat's first-phase target is 31,374 farmers; names of 26,338 were finalised and sent to the banks by 31 August; the cards work as debit cards at Janata, Sonali and Krishi banks, and the prime minister launches distribution on 17 September with coa
FisheriesGopal Biswas of Goalibari village in Bagerhat built his cages from plastic drums and netting with technical help from the Fakirhat fisheries office; upazila fisheries officer Md Ferdous Ansari says cage culture could give landless riverside families a living if training and credit are extended.
Market ManagementEvery Sunday and Wednesday farmers row in cucumber, gourd, bitter gourd, ash gourd, pumpkin, ridge gourd and yard-long beans, and wholesalers from Barishal, Pirojpur, Jhalakathi, Barguna and Chandpur load them straight onto trawlers; DAE deputy director Md Motahar Hossain says infrastructure problem
