CropsFaridpur farmer Sahida Begum, a former housewife, grows onion seed on up to 100 acres, sold at least Tk 4 crore worth this year and pioneered hand pollination of onion seed.
CropsBINA trials show sunflower can be sown by dibbling without tillage on saline land after the Aman harvest, and the institute is spreading the technology across the south-west.
CropsFarmers in Natore are getting 450 to 600 maunds of cane a bigha from the BSRI-46 variety grown from disease-free certified seed, far more than other varieties.
CropsArtesian wells installed by BADC in the hills of Mirsarai, Chattogram, bring groundwater up from about 1,000 feet without any pumping, allowing dry-season farming.
VegetablesPabna farmers are replacing chemicals with organic fertiliser and trap-based pest control, cutting costs, and 53,040 farmers have been trained in the methods.
AgrotechJapanese scientist Yuichi Mori grows vegetables on a polymer membrane once used for kidney dialysis, using 90 percent less water than conventional farming and no pesticides.
VegetablesGreen Agro Nursery in Rajbari raises 29 kinds of vegetable and fruit seedlings without soil in cocopeat trays within 15 to 30 days, and demand is outstripping supply.
VegetablesPabna farmer Anisur Rahman has succeeded in raising disease-free seedlings in a polynet house, and DAE says the method gives 20 percent higher yields with far fewer pest attacks.
CropsTrishal's upazila administration has developed an AI-driven fish farming system using sensors, an app and automatic feeders and aerators that can quadruple output in a small area.
CropsResearchers at Patuakhali Science and Technology University have farmed coral (seabass) commercially in ponds using artificial feed enriched with seaweed.
VegetablesAquaponics, which links a fish tank with a floating vegetable tank, saves about 90 percent of water and needs no pesticide or chemical fertiliser.
CropsPerching, which lets insect-eating birds control rice pests from sticks set in the field, now covers about 80 percent of rice land in Joypurhat and is cutting pesticide use.
CropsCampaigners in Dhaka urged the government not to approve Golden Rice or Bt brinjal, arguing that the GM crops serve commercial interests rather than farmers.
