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VideoIn the latest AgriView episode, agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo asks whether the enlarged BRICS bloc is opening real markets for South African produce, or mostly producing talk.
VideoAt Bindhara in Panchbibi, Joypurhat, small dark-skinned Black Baby watermelons hang from bamboo trellises. The 60-day crop needs 50 grams of seed a bigha, yields 1,200 to 1,500 fruits or 4 to 4.5 tonnes, and at Tk 30 a kilo earns far more than other field crops.
VideoShykh Seraj examines the government's first 180 days in agriculture, from farm loan waivers and farmer cards to crop insurance and canal excavation.
VideoAfter leaving a garment job, H M Forwardi Palash planted an acre of year-round guava in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, and is working towards GAP certification to supply supershops.
VideoIn Trishal, Mymensingh, two brothers combine ducks and fish to cut commercial feed costs, while struggling with invasive sucker fish in their ponds.
VideoShykh Seraj visits Diamond Chicks, one of the country's largest poultry companies, where artificial insemination lets one cockerel fertilise 80 to 100 hens.
VideoIn episode 24 of CropKids, seventh-grader Maria Islam Roza shows children how to plant cauliflower seedlings correctly in a pot.
VideoIn episode 23 of CropKids, sixth-grader Obi shows how to plant brinjal seedlings in a pot and shares facts about the vegetable.
VideoIn episode 21 of CropKids, young Rahimuddin Bharsa shows how to plant bottle gourd seedlings in a pot, from mixing soil to watering.
VideoIn the heart of Chattogram, Well Agro Farm offers crops, a dairy, fish ponds and hands-on farm education for children on about 12.5 bighas.
VideoOn the chars of the Meghna in Kishoreganj, hundreds of farmers grow vegetables against poor communications, input problems and weak markets.
VideoIn Chuadanga, entrepreneur Sajal Ahmed's orchard of about 500 fruit varieties tests which foreign fruits can be grown profitably in Bangladesh.
