By Amit Sarkar 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 […]
Vegetable cultivation elevates income of urban poor in Rajshahi Read More »
Md. Shahidul Islam from Rajshahi Introduction Water scarcity is one of the most pressing problems in drought prone region Rajshahi today. Water scarcity was not immense in the past times and there was green shape everywhere. Md. Sharif Mia (65), a resident of Azhair village in Nachol Upazila of Chapainawabganj, said, “In the past, the
Sonia Khatun not worried about water anymore Read More »
By Munna Rangdi from Kalmakanda, Netrakona Adam Richil is a resident of Taranagar village of Lengura union of Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona district. He is 63 years old having a family members of 4 including son, daughter and wife. He is an enterprising and ideal farmer. He has previously worked in a private company and
Adam Richil practices organic farming Read More »
Md. Masudur Rahman from Manikganj The people in 10 villages of Baira and Talebpur Union of Singair Upazila of Manikganj district have been practicing sustainable agriculture reducing the use of chemicals since 2022. They participated in the training to increase their understanding and knowledge about sustainable agriculture arranged by BARCIK. They shared their learning with
Agroecology Learning Center established at Swaruppur village Read More »
Shahidul Islam and Amreto Kumar Sarkar from Rajshahi Noor Mohammad is a self-educated farmer from the drought-prone Barind Tract region. He has been involved in agriculture and agricultural research since childhood. Barind Tract region has experienced more heat and drought day by day. Again, due to lack of ground water, agriculture is disrupted in this
About the potential drought tolerant variety ‘Noor Rice-1’ Read More »
By Champa Rani Mollik, Associate Program Officer, BARCIK-Shyamnagar Resource center, Satkhira Sarma Rani Mandal (43) resides at Mothurapur village of Shyamnagar upazila under south-western coastal district of Bangladesh. She is quite exceptional than other farmers in her village. She is very keen to learn something new, tries to innovate something different and applies some eco-friendly
Sharma Rani’s Indigenous Method of Rodent Management Read More »
By Mohiranjan Mondal, Field Facilitator, PORIBESH project, BARCIK-Shyamnagar Resource Centre, Satkhira Often we talk a lot about goats and seeds’ impact on a person’s life; especially those who are living in extreme poverty in places like Bangladesh. Although, goat often considered inferior to other livestock, goats and seeds are valuable to rural women with limited resources
Rearing goats and having own seeds can change a life Read More »
Rina Akhter from Manikganj Singhair A family is founded when a man and a woman begin to live together through a legally recognized and socially sanctioned marriage. Here men are husbands and women are wives. Marriage is the means of joint life of these two. A family can run smoothly with happiness and love if
‘We complement each other’ Read More »
Harirampur, Manikganj to Muktar Hossain Char means a tract of land surrounded by water of ocean. People of living in the char area many times faces natural disasters such as flood and riverbank erosion. These disasters often wash away their homes, kill life and destroy their crops and other resources. However, the women of Harirampur
The struggle of women in char area of Harirampur Read More »
Md. Shahidul Islam from Rajshahi If someone does good things and shares with others these good things are replicated and spreads around. People learns and tries to do by themselves to make difference in the society and state. Development works get accelerated when someone replicates the work in their areas. When people understand that it
Renuka and Bilkis are the inspiration of women Read More »