VideoCropKids Episode 1: Sharaban Tahura's Farming Dream
The first episode of CropKids introduces Sharaban Tahura, a third-grader in Mirpur, Dhaka, who has turned her family's balcony into a green garden.
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VideoMrs Salma Mannan's Rooftop Farm in Baridhara DOHS
In Baridhara DOHS, Dhaka, Salma Mannan has turned her roof into a village-like courtyard of fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and creepers, laid on a floor filled with soil.
VideoChanging Agriculture in the Haor
Shykh Seraj visits Baniachong in the Habiganj haor to examine how farming there has shifted to early, short-duration rice varieties to escape pre-monsoon floods.
Rooftop farmingZiaul Ahsan's Three-Tier Rooftop Farm in Mirpur
On a seven-storey building in Mirpur, retired navy officer Ziaul Ahsan's three-tier rooftop farm of more than 300 plants meets almost all his family's vegetable needs.
VideoThe History and Heritage of Date Palm Jaggery
Hridoye Mati O Manush looks at how media campaigns and local government in Chaugachha, Jashore, have revived date palm sap collection and jaggery making.
VideoTangail's Halima Begum Becomes Self-Reliant Through Farming
Women's role in Bangladesh agriculture is rising faster than anywhere in the world, the report notes, introducing Tangail farmer Halima Begum.
VideoRetired Azharul Islam Succeeds With Capsicum in Tangail
In his seventies, retired Azharul Islam Talukder of Basail, Tangail, has built a polynet house to grow coloured capsicum after weather hurt his first crop.
VideoM A Matin's Rooftop Farm in Bashundhara Residential Area
M A Matin of Bashundhara, Dhaka, planned his eight-storey house with greenery on every floor and a 2,200 sq ft rooftop farm that meets his family's needs.
VideoGreen and Ripe Mangoes in November on a Dhanmondi Rooftop
On a Dhanmondi building shared by ten families, Shafiqul Islam's rooftop farm, started in 2008, bears mangoes even in November thanks to year-round varieties.
VideoFrom Nothing to 775 Bighas: Sherpur's "Hero of the Soil" Hazrat Ali
Young entrepreneur Hazrat Ali, the son of a marginal farmer, has built a 775-bigha farm of orchards, fish, poultry and dairy in four blocks in Sherpur Sadar.
VideoTwo Brothers' Rooftop Farm on a House Still Under Construction
In Ashulia, Savar, brothers Sajib and Rajib have covered the roof of their house under construction with a hundred kinds of fruit and a collection of rare plants.
VideoIPRS Technology Produces 600 Bighas' Worth of Fish on 60 Bighas
Businessman Akbar Hossain's in-pond raceway system (IPRS) in the Barind region of Chapainawabganj creates river-like currents so 60 bighas of water produce as much fish as 600.
VideoHaripada Kapali, the Farmer Who Discovered Hari Dhan
A look back at Haripada Kapali, the Bangladeshi farmer who selected an unusual rice plant in his field and gave the country the Hari dhan variety.