Rooftop farmingRooftop Farming on the Cox's Bazar District Administration Building
In fast-growing Cox's Bazar, the district administration has kept a 12,000 sq ft rooftop farm on its three-storey building for four years.
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CropsHow a Dutch Company Raises Hens Without Feeding Them Grain
Founded in 2017, Dutch egg producer Kipster feeds its hens food waste instead of grain, avoids killing male chicks and runs its farms on solar power.
LivestockBLRI's "Subarna" Chicken Brings Back the Taste of Local Chickens
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute has developed BLRI Meat Chicken-1 (Subarna), a fast-growing meat bird with the taste and plumage of local chickens.
LivestockNew "Local Chicken" MCTC Reaches One Kilogram in Eight Weeks
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute has developed the Multi Colour Table Chicken, which tastes like local chicken, reaches about one kilogram in eight weeks and is now produced commercially.
CropsState-of-the-Art Automated Poultry Houses at BAU With Industry Support
Bangladesh Agricultural University will soon open two automated poultry houses, built for about Tk 2 crore with industry partners, for hands-on teaching and research.
LivestockBLRI Develops a New Chicken Breed With Local Taste and Safer Meat
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute has developed an improved chicken that looks like local chicken, resists disease and needs fewer drugs, to be marketed through Aftab Hatchery.