Dhaka, March 15 -- Strata aligned in the gradual arch of a hill house carrots, ginger, potatoes, aubergines, chillies, and beans, among other vegetables, in white plastic sacks, being prepared to be sold fresh in the market.

Such "organic" cultivation does not require repeated excavation on the hills, nor the use of chemicals or pesticides.

Organic fertiliser helps good yield in phases with low maintenance.

It has been almost three years since Mostafa Shiblee began growing vegetables on the hill curves of Fatemanagar village in Khagrachhari's Panchhari Upazila, even earning an international accolade for his method of using sacks rather than cutting hills for cultivation.

He says using sacks yielded him at least 3,000kg of vegetables a...