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Workshop on climate justice held in Manikganj

Md. Nazrul Islam: Manikganj With the slogans ‘reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change’ a three-day workshop on climate justice and community empowerment was held at the Manikganj district sports organization auditorium on recently. The workshop was organized by BARCIK, a non-governmental development organization. District President of Rivers and Wild Life Nature Protection Committee Advocate […]

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Agroecology Learning Center established at Swaruppur village

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

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About the potential drought tolerant variety ‘Noor Rice-1’

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

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Sharma Rani’s Indigenous Method of Rodent Management

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

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Rearing goats and having own seeds can change a life

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

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‘We don’t want development that destroys nature and environment’

Sanjita Kirtuniya and Ananya Akhtar from Singhair, Manikganj BARCIK organized a national dialogue on ‘Safe Food, Safe Health and Safe Future’ recently at the District Shilpakala Academy Manikganj. Manikganj Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Latif was present as the chief guest in the said dialogue. Deputy Director of District Environment Department Mohammad Saiful Islam, Additional Deputy

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