VideoA 13,000 sq ft Rooftop Farm on a Gazipur Garment Factory
Since 2015, garment maker Irish Design Ltd in Gazipur has grown fruit and crops across a 13,000 sq ft rooftop to create a greener workplace.
VideoSince 2015, garment maker Irish Design Ltd in Gazipur has grown fruit and crops across a 13,000 sq ft rooftop to create a greener workplace.
VideoMirpur dentist Dr M A Odud Sarkar has filled his 2,800 sq ft roof with fruit and crops, while calling for quality seedlings and policy support for urban farming.
VideoHead teacher Nripendra Chandra Das has covered the roof of Lohajang Girls' Pilot High School in Munshiganj with a dragon fruit garden.
VideoDental professors Shamsul Alam and Hosne Ara Mery have built a rooftop farm over two decades, a green rhythm for their busy professional lives.
VideoIn Pirerbag, Dhaka, Mohammad Naeem has turned his mother's hobby rooftop garden into a fully organic 2,400 sq ft farm since 2017.
VideoOn the roof of Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station, the officer-in-charge has planted a collection of fruit trees, part of a trend on government buildings.
VideoIn Uttarkhan, Dhaka, Meherunnesa Maya has packed a 1,300 sq ft roof with fruit, crops and plants, inspired by her mother.
VideoRooftop farming has become a social movement, and Local Government Ministry additional secretary Mesbah Uddin, an agriculturist, keeps a rooftop farm alongside his work.
Rooftop farmingIn Chuadanga, young entrepreneur Alimuzzaman Milton makes inputs for rooftop farming and tests new techniques, from PVC pipe growing to soilless mixes.
Rooftop farmingNurseries across Dhaka are meeting growing demand from rooftop farmers and gardeners, though buyers raise concerns about seedling quality and training is needed.