FruitsAlamin, an educated young man from Bajitpur in Mirpur, Kushtia, has planted about 170 malta and orange trees after his plan to work abroad fell through; officials visited and advised him.
Mohammad Sohel of Bhuapur, Tangail, is harvesting passion fruit, known locally as anarkali, from a trial planting in his courtyard and plans a commercial orchard.
Rakibul Haque, 28, of Bochaganj in Dinajpur has planted a Vietnamese black rice variety on 33 decimals of leased land, the first time the crop has been grown in the upazila.
At Banda village in Khulna's Dumuria, Rahul Biswas's Biswas Agro Project and Fish Hatchery breeds molly, guppy, goldfish, angel, koi carp and other aquarium fish in three houses and six ponds, sells them at Tk 20-200 a pair or piece from Khalishpur to Dhaka's Katabon, and runs all-male freshwater pr
Pallab Gain of Bajua Chararhar village in Khulna's Dakop upazila runs about 1,000 ducks and four improved-breed cows with his father; eggs sell at about Tk 15 and a duck costs about Tk 450 to raise to lay; the livestock department counts some 220 duck farms in the upazila, with women favouring the P
