Khadija Akhter Lita from Netrokona Netrokona farmer Daru Mian is an experienced and skilled farmers. He has been adopting sustainable agriculture since he started farming with his ancestors. He farms with local varieties of crops and conserves seeds of all his crop for cultivating in the next seasons and for helping farmers who need seeds. […]
Md. Daru Mian: Protector of ‘Yor’ local rice variety in Netrakona Read More »
Khadija Akhter Lita from Netrokona Mahmudul Hasan of Bishwanathpur village in Amtala union of Netrokona district have harvested success in cultivating summer tomato for the second time. Last year, for the first time he experimentally farmed tomatoes in summer season and succeeded. He replicates the learning in farming summer tomatoes by farming the same crop
Mahmudul’s success in farming summer tomato Read More »
Shahinur Rahman from Manikganj in Singair ‘In the last two decades, the prices of paddy, rice and vegetables have skyrocketed though farmers are not the beneficiaries of that. The middlemen and intermediaries such as rice traders, rice and mill owners and rice traders have been benefited. As a result, the situation of landless marginal farmers
Strong organizations can help farmers establishing their right Read More »
Khadija Akhter Lita from Netrokona Rahela Begum woke up early in the morning and feeds her livestock. She then does all the household works such as cleaning the cow shed, washing dishes, cooking foods and sweeping the yards etc. which are always regarded as ‘women’s work’. After completing the so called women’s works she goes
Rahela Begum practices environment friendly agriculture Read More »
By Shahidhul Islam BARCIK, a rights-based development organization, organized a dialogue to mark the World Food Day-2021 recently in Rajshahi. More than 300 farmers both male and female from various areas in the Barind tract participated in dialogue. National award winning farmers Yousuf Ali Mollah and Nur Muhammad while sharing their experience as well as
Participants demand a ‘pension scheme’ for sixty plus farmers Read More »
By ABM Touhidul Alam Benuka Mrong (43)an indigenous women, mother of 3 children mainly doing household chores has lead the way of sack gardening at Chandrading village of Kalmakanda Upazila in north-eastern Netrakona district which is close to Garo Hills of Meghalaya state in India.ia. Being a bordering remote rural, located downstream of Garo Hills,
An indigenous woman led the way… Read More »
By Mononjay Mandal from Satkhira ‘If you want to get good yield, you need to have suitable and healthy seeds. Good yields can never be expected unless one has good, matured and quality seed. If the seed immature, then no matter how much we care, the crop yield will not come in accordance with our
Matured and healthy seeds required for good yield Read More »
Biswajit Mondal from Shyamnagar, Satkhira Archana Rani of village Joynagar under Kashimpur union of Shayamnagar is cultivating numerous vegetables and crops in 36 decimals of land. In total, she has 41 decimals of land containing homestead, pond, bamboo plants and agricultural field. She is also cultivating local fishes in her pond. Seeing her initiatives to
Archana Rani’s nutrition bank (Shotobari) Read More »
Biswajit Mondal from Shyamnagar, Satkhira Tarulata Gayan, wife of Rabindranath Gayan is living at village Korchahati under Bhurulia union. They have four daughters and are all married. Rabindranath’s health condition is not good, so Tarulata is working hard for their livelihood. She has only Der (1.5) Bigha (1bigha=33dcml) of land including dwelling house. She used to cultivate
Tarulata’s initiative affords nutrition for her family members Read More »
Silvanus Lamin For most, agriculture is a means of food security, but it is a livelihood for a vast population in Bangladesh and a means of reducing poverty (accounting for 90% of reduction in poverty between 2005 and 2010). However, agriculture continues to play a critical role in the country and the world, with the
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