Vegetable Farming on Saline Land Brings an Economic Revolution
Farmers in Sawdagarpara village of Barguna's Taltali upazila have turned saline land once used for loss-making paddy into a thriving vegetable village.
Farmers in Sawdagarpara village of Barguna's Taltali upazila have turned saline land once used for loss-making paddy into a thriving vegetable village.
At least 30 farmers in Kushtia's Kumarkhali have turned heads by growing capsicum on about 10 bighas this season.
Starting with 13 guinea fowl as a hobby, Rajbari's Raju Ahmmed Rubel now keeps about 900 birds and sells thousands of chicks each month.
Hit by Tk 446 crore in farm losses from August's flood, Feni farmers have sharply expanded mustard cultivation in hope of recovering.
CropsAntor Gorapi, a college student in Naria, Shariatpur, turned one pair of Silkie chickens into a farm of at least 100 birds of eight foreign breeds that, in December 2024, earned him at least Tk 30,000 a month.
VegetablesIn Kamarpara village of Bogura's Shajahanpur and parts of several northern districts, farmers were growing vegetables without chemical fertiliser or pesticide, using vermicompost and neem-based herbal extracts, a December 2024 report found.
AgribusinessIn December 2024 two young men in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj and Bhaluka upazilas were selling heavy crops of China and Darjeeling oranges and, by their own account, expected sales worth several lakh taka; the district agriculture office counted 19 hectares of oranges that year.
Rajbari beekeeper Md Masud expects to earn close to Tk 1 lakh a month from honey, while his bees help pollinate farmers' mustard crops.
Ball Sundari kul has changed the fortunes of Diptimoy Tanchangya in Bandarban, who expects to sell Tk 22 lakh worth of fruit this year.
Abdul Karim, a pioneer of malta farming in Jashore who once nearly fled his debts, has sold about Tk 22 lakh worth of yellow malta from his orchard.
CropsMd Shahjahan, 62, who has farmed leased land in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, for 40 years, grew five kinds of leafy greens on 190 decimals in Mizmizi beel in November 2024. He said the income was paying for his children's higher education and that he was preparing to send his elder son abroad to study.
A trial planting of Robusta coffee on 9 hectares of hill land in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram has borne fruit in its first cultivation.
A Sharsha farmer who planted 196 Ramrangan orange saplings in 2022 now expects Tk 8-10 lakh in sales and says he was the first to grow the fruit in Jashore.