FlowersIn a BARI survey, a hectare of tuberose returned more than three times its full cost. Here is how growers choose and plant bulbs, feed the crop, guard against pests and sell at Godkhali.
FisheriesIn August 2021 scientists of the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute at their Jashore freshwater sub-station bred the kakila, or freshwater garfish, artificially after about three years of research, the 31st open-water species the institute had bred, BBC Bangla reported on 31 August 2021.
FlowersA report published in March 2025 put forward commercial flower farming as a route out of unemployment: it needs little capital to start and creates work for women and men, from the field to the garland.
AgribusinessIn March 2020 the Ministry of Agriculture took up a Tk 230.80 crore project to build a flower research centre on 20 hectares at Jhikargachha in Jashore. Sarabangla reported that the project was then going through approval.
