Md. Muktar Hossain from Horirampur, Manikgani Fifty-five-year-old Rabeya Begum lives with her husband, Ahmed Ali, only son, daughter in law and one beloved grandson. She hails from a very poor family living on a remote island char (sandbars that emerge as islands within the river channel or as attached land to the river banks) […]
The transformation of Rabeya’s house into seed store Read More »
Char land is abundant with crops, fish and natural resources which are damaged by early flood and river erosion every year. The early flood comes from the upstream of the Ganges and Jamuna Rivers. Due to these floods acres of agricultural land are destroyed every year. This negatively impacts the country’s national economy and food
Global Climate Fund should be formed for saving Char land Read More »
By Md. Mukter Hossain from Manikgonj Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) popularly known as “Payra” is one of the forgotten and underutilized crops in Bangladesh. Historically it is one of the first documented agricultural cereals dating from the Neolithic period (8500 years ago) in the Fertile Crescent of the Nile delta and is the fourth most
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Sattaranjan Saha from Horirampur, Manikganj ‘You probably never heard of Garjon till (Niger seeds, Guizotia Abyssinica Coss) because this is among the crops that are neglected and underutilized and thus, it is on the verge of being forgotten.’ Said Md. Mojnu Bapari, of Andarmanik village in Horirampur of manikganj “Back in 12 years, I
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