VideoBighas Upon Bighas of Colourful Roses in Savar
Rose growing has transformed villages in Savar, where Imran Hossain grows 7 bighas of Merinda roses and flowers earn two to three times more than other crops.
VideoRose growing has transformed villages in Savar, where Imran Hossain grows 7 bighas of Merinda roses and flowers earn two to three times more than other crops.
VideoZahid, a young man from a very poor family, has built a 12-bigha malta orchard and is changing his area through lemon and malta farming.
VideoIn Madhupur, Tangail, university graduate Naeem runs a medium-sized farm of 4,300 layers and has held on through the price and supply shocks of the pandemic.
VideoDragon fruit has become the fastest-growing new fruit in Bangladesh, and in Godagari, Rajshahi, a former job-holder is testing low-cost trellis systems on a 50-bigha farm.
VideoAfter training at the fisheries research institute, Pabna engineer Mohammad Al Mamun has produced 1,000 design pearls from mussels in his pond and is teaching others.
VideoShykh Seraj reports from Madhupur, Tangail, where educated young entrepreneurs are leading commercial and technology-based farming with polynet houses and cocopeat hydroponics.
VideoStrawberry 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.
VideoIn Sylhet, young entrepreneur Abdus Sattar Lovelu has grown a four-cow start in 2016 into a commercial dairy farm of more than 200 cattle.
VideoDairy farming is booming in Sylhet, where farms in one upazila have grown from about a dozen to more than 100 in five years.
VideoIn 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.
VideoIn Prannagar, Thakurgaon, farmers organised into groups plan production together with a shared crop calendar, recognising that many players shape each harvest.
VideoIn Nimtala, Mirpur, Kushtia, lowland rice fields now produce hundreds of tonnes of fish, led by Jahangir Alam, who began by producing quality fry.