Suman Ahmed of Babuganj, Barishal, used his earnings as a painter abroad to buy the land his father once sharecropped; his 173-decimal farm grows papaya, vegetables and fish and aims to raise two million papaya seedlings this year.
VegetablesIn Homna, Cumilla, farmer Wali Ullah raises fish in a 16-decimal pond beside his house and grows vegetables on its banks, feeding his family and earning extra income.
LivestockJeremiah Jotham built Basadi Agribusiness around a leased abattoir, adding rabbit production and spinach and kale that use its water and by-products.
In Shibpasha haor in Ajmiriganj, Habiganj, farmers dig ponds among the paddy and grow fruit and vegetables on the banks; the union's 55 farms produce about 2,500 tonnes of fish a year worth some Tk 80 crore.
At Banda village in Khulna's Dumuria, Rahul Biswas's Biswas Agro Project and Fish Hatchery breeds molly, guppy, goldfish, angel, koi carp and other aquarium fish in three houses and six ponds, sells them at Tk 20-200 a pair or piece from Khalishpur to Dhaka's Katabon, and runs all-male freshwater pr
Haji Saral Mia of Mymensingh planted okra, greens and fruit trees on the one-acre bank of his 5.5-acre fish pond; 180 maunds are sold, 200-250 more are coming, and the crop needs no fertiliser and hardly any pesticide.
VideoIn Madhupur, Tangail, university graduate Naeem runs a medium-sized farm of 4,300 layers and has held on through the price and supply shocks of the pandemic.
VideoDragon fruit has become the fastest-growing new fruit in Bangladesh, and in Godagari, Rajshahi, a former job-holder is testing low-cost trellis systems on a 50-bigha farm.
VideoShykh Seraj reports from Madhupur, Tangail, where educated young entrepreneurs are leading commercial and technology-based farming with polynet houses and cocopeat hydroponics.
VideoStrawberry growing in Bangladesh has had mixed results, but Rajshahi grower Masud Rana has expanded from 10 katha to 8 bighas over four or five years.
VideoIn Sylhet, young entrepreneur Abdus Sattar Lovelu has grown a four-cow start in 2016 into a commercial dairy farm of more than 200 cattle.
VideoDairy farming is booming in Sylhet, where farms in one upazila have grown from about a dozen to more than 100 in five years.
VideoIn Gomostapur, Chapainawabganj, former teacher Rafiqul Islam has built an 840-bigha farm of fish ponds and fruit orchards, including dragon fruit, in just 11 years.
