VegetablesSmall, low-cost cold stores that run on household power and use IoT control could sharply cut the 20 to 40 percent post-harvest losses of Bangladesh's fruit and vegetables.
CropsIn a small Bogura workshop, self-taught innovator Amir Hossain has designed more than 50 farm machines adapted to Bangladeshi fields and sold at a fraction of the price of imports.
CropsFarmers in Joypurhat are using the perching method on about 40,000 hectares of Aman rice, letting insect-eating birds control pests instead of pesticides.
CropsIn Tangail's Sakhipur, housewife Ruma Akter spent Tk 15,000 to 20,000 growing pest-free tomatoes in a polynet house and has sold Tk 1.2 lakh worth.
CropsFaridpur farmer Sahida Begum, a former housewife, grows onion seed on up to 100 acres, sold at least Tk 4 crore worth this year and pioneered hand pollination of onion seed.
CropsTen solar-powered irrigation pumps installed by BADC in Nilphamari now irrigate 250 hectares for about 500 farmers, turning sandy single-crop char land productive.
