Shykh Seraj

Shykh Seraj is Bangladesh's pioneer development journalist. He received country's two highest civilian honours, Swadhinata Puroshkar and Ekushey Padak, respectively. He is an Ashoka and Bangla Academy Fellow. He also received highest award for agricultural journalism from the United Nations, FAO A.H. Boerma Award, Gusi Peace Prize (Philippines) and many other prestigious accolades at home and abroad. At Channel i, he's the Founder Director and Head of News. He's also Director and Host of Channel i's popular agro-documentary, Hridoye Mati O Manush.

Our journey towards a smart revolution in agriculture

Over the past 52 years, Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in the agricultural sector, thanks to the hard work and innovation of millions of small farmers, researchers, innovators and government support.

14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

BFRI starts experimental project in the Andharmanik river

Coral fish, which is called sea bass in Asia, is also known as barramundi in Australia and Bhetki fish in Bangladesh. This tasty fish is usually found in the coastal areas of the country. But nowadays the saltwater fish is being cultivated in freshwater as well

3 August 2023, 19:53 PM

Farm Produce: E-commerce can cut middlemen out

Farmers are true entrepreneurs as progress of future economy of our country depend in their hands.

6 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Shafique finds success in Sharifa farming

Many farmers across the country are now becoming interested in commercial cultivation of different fruits and crops.

8 June 2023, 18:00 PM

State minister’s success in sunflower farming

After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which has a huge impact on the global economy, has upset the whole world.

11 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Banana cultivation shows bright prospect

Agriculture in Tangail region has changed a lot in the last three decades.

6 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Sujon shines in pearl farming

According to researchers at Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BRFI), more than 150 pearl farmers in 90 upazilas under 41 districts of the country are currently engaged in cultivating about 6,00,000 oysters.

24 February 2023, 10:04 AM

More attention needed for the agriculture sector

The agriculture sector is one of the key economic pillars of Bangladesh. Just after liberation in 1971, its contribution to GDP was around 60 percent.

10 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Onions can bring back golden days

Couple of days ago, I noticed a troll on a social networking site. In the photo, someone found an onion and was

17 March 2018, 18:00 PM

A hub of knowledge for farmers

For the past nine years, I have been observing the activities of a welfare oriented institution at a remote village. Every day something

28 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Rooftop gardening for greener cities

Rooftop farming is expanding throughout the country very fast. Two and a half years ago, the initiative of featuring rooftop farming on

14 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Farming changes the border

It was 19th of November, 2014. Twenty two year old Shah Alam, only son of Sher Ali from Dinajpur, died being shot by Indian Border

31 January 2018, 18:00 PM

An agri entrepreneur combines morality with business

Last week, I went to Chittagong, invited by one of my closest younger brother, Dr Goutam Buddha Das, Vice Chancellor of Chittagong

17 January 2018, 18:00 PM

RMG owner's agro initiative

Welcome to the New Year, another year with new hope and promise. At the very beginning of this New Year, I visited Narayanganj's

3 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Tale of Savar's rose villages

Many years back, I read in the Greek mythology, when Aphrodite was born, as a symbol of holiness and purity her whole body was

20 December 2017, 18:00 PM

A millionaire turkey farmer

Food is one of the most important sources of energy for humans. Becoming self-sufficient in producing food is not the end of all, but

6 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Fish farming revolution in Barind

One of country's most arid regions was the Barendra (Barind). Even during the month of November, due to water scarcity, all the farmlands used to remain dry, the tube wells seemed not to be working.

22 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Machines to run future farming

The urge for farm mechanisation is nothing new. A hundred years ago, the developed world thought about mechanised agriculture. Even in Bangladesh, talks about farm mechanisation started long back. In 1913,

8 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Trucker turns innovative malta farmer

A few years back the Barendra (Barind) region was the example of austere nature. People could barely dream of growing anything there. However, as a result of many development projects and diverse initiatives from farmers, the region has turned around.

25 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Hydroponic grass to meet nutrition needs for livestock

Dear readers, during the past couple of weeks I have been writing articles on the advancements of farming at home and abroad. It's

11 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Natural cold storage for potato preservation

The news isn't an old one. In the greater Bogra region of the country, farmers have incurred serious loss, preserving their potatoes at the cold storages.

27 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Innovative farmer's hydroponic tomato sees success

Dear readers, a few days back I went to Dohar's Northern Joypara, located very near to capital Dhaka. I would like to talk about

13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Organic beef fattening shows prospect ahead of Eid

Since the independence, people of Bangladesh sought many ways to become self-reliant. And the contribution of

30 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Advanced tech brings in farming revolution

Dear readers, a few days back I went to Faogan village in Gazipur's Sripur. An industrialist, Sakhawat Hossain, bought lands here many years ago to use for farming. Later, he took the farming to an advanced level and started modern agricultural practice at his farm.

16 August 2017, 18:00 PM