Rooftop farmingSharmin Akter of Binodpur, Rajshahi, came first in the rooftop garden category of the National Tree Plantation Award 2025; she says saplings and pots from the garden she began in 2022 earn her about Tk 12 lakh a year.
CropsHafez Rokonuddin, a former imam from Nayanpur village in Mymensingh's Bhaluka, has built two commercial latkan orchards on four bighas and developed a selection known locally as "Nayanpuri latkan". By his own account he earns Tk 7-8 lakh a year from grafted saplings alone.
A union parishad member in Sherpur's Jhenaigati who was told latkan would not grow in the area earned Tk 1.9 lakh from 51 trees this season.
In Charghat, Rajshahi, young entrepreneur Shibli Sadik Shuvo combines AI-based camera surveillance and beehives to run a profitable 300-tree pomegranate orchard.
The government has taken steps including low-interest loans and import controls to ensure fair prices for salt farmers in Cox's Bazar and Chattogram, the Industries Minister told Parliament.
FruitsTraders at Gourinathpur bazar in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, said in July 2026 that Tk 1 crore to Tk 1.5 crore worth of dragon fruit changed hands there on an average day, at more than a hundred wholesale depots.
Farmers in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, are harvesting Black Queen watermelons in July, long after the normal season, using trellises, nets and mulch to earn high profits.
CropsIn early July 2026, growers in Madhupur, Tangail, said good prices for the GI-recognised jaldugi pineapple were bringing them profits, as the DAE put the district's crop at 7,773 hectares and farmers called for processing and exports.
CropsAccording to Department of Agricultural Extension data, Amrapali, the BARI Aam-3 variety, has passed Fazli, Himsagar, Langra and Gopalbhog to become the single most widely grown mango in Bangladesh and the leader in exports. This June 2026 report traces the variety's rise.
VegetablesMoist monsoon soil makes the rainy season a good time to grow okra, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, aubergine and green chilli in balcony or rooftop pots, Jagonews24 advised in June 2026, with good drainage and trellises for the climbers.
CropsOn 21 June 2026, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University's outreach department trained marginal farmers at the Keraniganj Agricultural Training Centre in Dhaka to grow ginger in sacks and produce onions with improved methods.
After failing to find a job, Mazharul Islam Naim leased fallow land during the coronavirus pandemic and built an orchard that now has 6,000 dragon fruit plants.
Wheat is currently grown on 2 lakh 88 thousand hectares across Bangladesh, the agriculture minister told parliament, setting out plans to expand it.
