VideoThe Essentials of Golden Rice
Shykh Seraj looks at IRRI's three decades of research on Golden Rice, enriched with vitamin A, iron and zinc for people who depend on rice.
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VideoNurul Haque, a Hero of the Silver Revolution
Mymensingh fish farmer and hatchery owner Nurul Haque, who has brought many endangered native fish into farming, has won a gold medal for breeding mola.
VideoNo Flood Like This in 122 Years in Sylhet and Sunamganj
Farmers in Sylhet and Sunamganj, already hit by early Boro-season floods, faced an unprecedented second flood that forced many to abandon grain stores and cattle.
VideoDutch Farmer Jan Grows Rich on Jersey Cattle and Cheese
In Lunteren, near Wageningen University, Jan Dirk van der Voort's family dairy farm feeds 90 cows on 40-year-old pasture and makes cheese sold at four times ordinary prices.
VideoFolk Music and Hajari Gur, the Soul of Manikganj
The famous Hajari gur of Manikganj, a date palm jaggery with a history of 250 to 300 years, is now made by just 20 families under strict purity rules.
VideoTulips Will Add Colour to the Flower Market
Tulips, first grown in Sreepur, Gazipur, in 2020, are now cultivated in four places in Bangladesh, from Jashore's Godkhali to Tetulia in Panchagarh.
VideoIndoor Vertical Farming Comes to Bangladesh
In Mirpur, Dhaka, a house rented not for living but for farming now holds an indoor hydroponic vertical farm modelled on those in developed countries.
VideoImrul's 100 Per Cent Antibiotic-Free Poultry Farm
Computer engineer Imrul Hasan has built a fully antibiotic-free poultry farm on his ancestral land in Kaliakair, Gazipur, delivering meat directly to consumers.
VideoA Farmer Dreams Big With Albino "Pink" Buffalo
A livestock entrepreneur is raising albino "pink" buffalo on a modern farm, a sign of new hope for the long-neglected animal.
VideoBack From Abroad, Swapan Builds a Large Cattle Farm
Using what he learned abroad, Lutfor Rahman Swapan has built an eight-bigha integrated livestock farm where about 300 local and foreign cattle are fattened.
VideoSpirulina Now Grown in Backyard Tanks
An entrepreneur in Rajshahi is growing nutritious spirulina in tanks in his yard, though experts say more research is needed on how sustainable such farming is.
VideoIndustrialist Zaber's Biofloc Fish Farm
Shykh Seraj reports on young industrialist Abdullah Zaber's biofloc fish farm, built inside his industrial complex to supply fish to the Noman Group's 70,000 workers.
VideoCrop Losses in the Haor From an Unfamiliar Disaster
A sudden hot wind lasting a few hours left Boro rice sterile on at least 21,000 hectares in 21 districts in 2021, devastating haor farmers in Netrokona and Kishoreganj.