Fruits
Two vines, a thousand fruit: a Dinajpur freelancer tries anarkali
Saplings bought for Tk 900 in Cox's Bazar fruited in seven months at Phulbari. Each fruit sells at Tk 50, and Ripon has raised more than 300 seedlings.
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LivestockHalf paralysed by a stroke, Kushtia farmer rebuilds on fat-tailed sheep
After a brain haemorrhage closed his buffalo farm, Rakibul Islam started again with one pair of dumba sheep; six sales have brought him Tk 12 lakh.
AgribusinessGopalganj entrepreneur grows seedless lemons on 22 acres, earns Tk 5m a year
Starting six years ago on two and a half leased acres, Samaul Islam now has 12,000 seedless lemon trees on 22 acres in Gopalganj, earning about Tk 5 million a year and employing 25 people.
AgribusinessA Subarnachar entrepreneur earns Tk 1 lakh a month spinning yarn from banana stems
Shankar Chandra Majumder makes more than 10 kg of banana-stem yarn a day on a machine in his yard in Subarnachar, Noakhali, selling it at Tk 500 a kilo with 15 workers.
Rooftop farmingA rented Rampura rooftop, cuttings and Facebook: Rangguli sells Tk 2 lakh of plants a month
A pandemic rooftop hobby became a business: on a roof rented for Tk 5,000 a month, Yasmin Khan raises succulents and cacti from cuttings and sells about Tk 2 lakh worth online each month.
FruitsFrom ten seeds to 150 trees: a Pabna farmer's Saudi date palm orchard
In 2022 Saifuddin Hiru of Atgharia planted ten date seeds as a hobby. Three years on his orchard has about 150 Mariam and Ajwa palms, and some are bearing fruit.
FruitsKapasia grower bets on rock melon under mulch, hoping for Tk 7 lakh in sales
Kamruzzaman Khan grows sammam, or rock melon, on rented land under mulch in Kapasia, Gazipur; after spending about Tk 4 lakh he has sold Tk 50,000 of fruit in the first round.
AgrotechThree friends in Bholahat turn discarded mango peel into tea with a home-built heater
Mainul Islam, Mithun and Masum of Bholahat, Chapainawabganj, sun-dry discarded mango peel and process it in a heater machine they built themselves to make 'mango peel tea', selling at Tk 2,000 to 4,000 a kilo.
Livestock700 ducks on an open beel, 500 eggs a day: a Naogaon farm clearing over Tk 5,000 daily
Shahin, formerly unemployed, of Gayerpara in Naogaon Sadar bought 700 ducks four months ago and raises them on an open beel; the flock lays at least 500 eggs a day, for a net profit of about Tk 5,250 a day after costs.
LivestockPabna man runs five black soldier fly farms, earns Tk 2 lakh a month
After losses on a duck farm, Shimul Hossain of Atgharia in Pabna began producing black soldier fly larvae; his five farms now employ 17 local people.
FisheriesFrom 10 hobby fish to 36 tanks: Nilphamari ornamental fish farm earns Tk 40,000 a month
Abu Raihan bought 10 ornamental fish for Tk 500 in 2020; he now breeds 30 species in 36 concrete tanks in his yard, sells across the country through a Facebook page and earns about Tk 40,000 a month.
Crops
Agro-Entrepreneurs Call for Easier Loans as Two-Thirds of Funds Lie Idle
Agro-processing entrepreneurs at BAPA Foodpro 2026 demanded easier credit, while a Bangladesh Bank official said two-thirds of the funds set aside for them lie unused.
Crops
Started as a Hobby, Coloured Watermelons Make Madrasa Student Minhaj a Lakhpati
Madrasa student Minhaj Uddin of Bochaganj in Dinajpur has earned lakhs from coloured watermelons grown on 50 decimals of land, selling them to superstores in three districts.