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Mokbul and Rajvhog gained widespread popularity among farmers in Manikganj

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Mokbul and Rajvhog gained widespread popularity among farmers in Manikganj   Sonjita Kirtuniya and Ananna Ahmed from Manikgonj   Manikganj district grapples with agricultural challenges, notably in rice cultivation, especially during the monsoon season. The region’s susceptibility to floods and excessive rainfall leads to recurrent waterlogging, particularly in low-lying areas. This water stagnation in post-Boro […]

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Barendra Farmers Seed Bank: Context and Relevance

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Amreto Kumar Sarker from Rajshahi   Established in 2015 by enthaustic farmers at Dubail village of Panchandar union, Tanor upazila, under Rajshahi district, the Barendra Farmers Seed Bank serves as a vital repository for endangered rice land races and other native crop species. Its inception aimed to address the farming challenges in the drought-prone High

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‘Hakim’ rice gained widespread popularity among farmers

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Abdur Rob, from Netrakona   In order to address climate change impacts and reduce the rice production cost, Abdul Hakim, the president of the farmers’ organization in Sadhupara Union of Tarakanda Upazila in Mymensingh district, has been conducting on farm experimentation with 20 rice landraces on his own land since 2009. This problem solving on-farm

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The initiative of Basanti Rani to cope with climate crisis

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Mofizur Rahman from Shyamnagar, Satkhira Climate induced disasters such as floods, cyclones, river erosion and salinity are almost the daily companions of the people living in living the coastal region of Bangladesh. They experience one disaster after another in their life which creates negative impacts on their livelihoods. Due to these disasters their cultivable lands

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Rural Women Day: We keep the culture of seed conservation

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By Silvanus Lamin We know and even witness that women account for a substantial proportion of the agricultural labor force. They including men play role in food production including doing all households works which are not economically measured. Facilitating development activities in different parts of Bangladesh BARCIK has accumulated the experiences about the contributions of

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Vegetable cultivation elevates income of urban poor in Rajshahi

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By Silvanus Lamin Cultivating vegetable by making proper of use of homestead lands has offered success and solvency for the urban poor people in Rajshahi slum area. After being motivated, encouraged and trained by BARCIK these people now can see the ray of hope of advancing in life elevating their income and confidence. These people

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