Two Cousins' Rooftop Garden in Dhaka's Banasree
Two cousins, Esha and Lamia, have turned the roof of their home in Banasree, Dhaka, into a garden of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
Two cousins, Esha and Lamia, have turned the roof of their home in Banasree, Dhaka, into a garden of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
Two friends in Rajoir, Madaripur, have become self-reliant with a jujube orchard that paid off in its first year and has since grown.
Young agri-entrepreneur Jahangir Alam has succeeded at his first attempt at lemon farming in Sharsha, Jashore, selling tens of thousands of lemons from his orchard.
Commercial banana farming on once-barren Padma chars in Ishwardi, Pabna, has transformed the lives of char farmers and created work for thousands.
Black cumin has become a popular and profitable rabi crop in Shariatpur, and although rain cut the area sown this season, yields look better.
A bumper ash gourd crop on once-fallow land in Netrokona is expected to be worth Tk 26 crore this season.
A farmer in Kawkhali, Rangamati, has harvested more than 3,000 kg of coloured cauliflower from a one-bigha trial plot, the first in the upazila.
A 75-year-old retired soldier in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has succeeded at his first attempt at growing yellow and purple cauliflower.
Farm entrepreneur Rajin Ahmed Ranju has succeeded in growing strawberries commercially on fallow land in Sharsha, Jashore, selling the fruit at Tk 300-400 a kg.
With raw turmeric prices in Khagrachhari rising from Tk 400 to Tk 1,100 a maund, hill farmers hope to recover last year's losses and change their fortunes.
Farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, are turning to strawberries, with the fruit meeting local demand and going to Dhaka and other districts.
Mirsharai farmer Dilip Nath has grown quinoa for the first time in Chattogram, on about 24 decimals of land with help from the upazila agriculture office.
Three farmers in Mirsharai, Chattogram, have succeeded with coloured cauliflower for the first time, growing it as demonstration plots of the upazila agriculture office.