On August 3, the Exchange Team of IAAS Bangladesh PSTU visited the floating guava gardens of the Barisal region — a farming system that has been running for over a century entirely on water. Members watched farmers load harvested guavas onto small boats and head directly to floating markets like Bhimruli in Jhalakathi and Atghar-Kuriana in Pirojpur, selling straight to wholesalers with no complicated middleman structure in between.
What stood out wasn't just the scenery. The whole system — farming, harvesting, transport, and selling — happens on water, with farmers controlling their own supply chain from the first step. For agriculture students used to thinking about supply chains in diagrams, seeing it work this simply was worth more than a classroom session.
