Mukter Hossain from Harirampur, Manikganj Harirampur Upazila is a disaster prone area. The people living in the char (Low lying wetland) face climate induced disasters such as floods, river erosion, heavy rains and less precipitation every year posing risks to their life. The disasters damage crops, wash away homes and even take away life sometimes. […]
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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
‘We don’t want development that destroys nature and environment’ Read More »
By Md. Ohidur Rahman from Netrakona Safe food is the right of all living beings. But today all foods are not safe. Adultery foods are abundant in the markets. Consuming adultery foods cause different diseases to human bodies. Therefore, there is a need to produce safe food and people should abandon the adultery foods. Assistant
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Muktar Hossain, Harirampur, Manikganj A safe food festival was recently organized by Harihardiya Farmers Organization in Harirhadiya village of Lechraganj Union in Harirampur Upazila. Nannu Pramanik, Panel chairman of Lechhraganj Union and president of Harihardia Farmers’ Association, presided over the food festival. Farmers displayed stalls in the food festival with all the foods and materials
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Beauty Sarkar, from Manikganj, Singair World Food Day was celebrated recently at Nayabari village of Singair Upazila of Manikganj with the theme ‘No one will remain without food’ organized by Nayabari Farmers’ Organization and with the support from BARCIK. Assistant Agriculture Officer Kazi Ferdaus, BARCIK Program Coordinator Shimul Biswas, Program Officer Beauty Sarkar and members
There are many safe foods around our house Read More »
Sharmin Akhter from Singair, Manikganj BARCIK has been working since its inception to promote the consumption of safe foods which are the very sources of good health, through its different activities such as conservation of uncultivated food plants, encouraging and facilitating farmers adopting sustainable agriculture that does not requires intensive use of external and harmful
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Rokhsana Rumi from Netrakona BARCIK recently organized ‘yard fair’ to display uncultivated food plants and introduce them to the new generation at Arangabad village of Netrakona Sadar Upazila where the members of Uday youth organization and Shitalpati Kishori Sangathan partipated. Considering the uncultivated food plants as safe and nutritious foods BARCIK has been encouraging the
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Muktar Hossain from Harirampur, Manikgonj In present times when many farmers are being busy to produce crops in the hope of making more profit using chemical fertilizers, poisons and pesticides for huge yields the farmers in Harirampur chars land (the sandbars that emerge as islands within the river channel) are seen to keep themselves busy
Char farmers engaged in safe food production Read More »
Beauty Sarkar from Singair. Manikganj BARCIK observed ‘World Food Day’ on 16th October in Manikgonj where members of Baira Ekta Krishak Sangathan (Farmers’ organization), farmers, women, students and other occupational groups participated. The theme of the celebration was ‘our work is our future’. On these very day BARCIK in collaboration with the local occupational organizations
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By Sultana Khatun from Rajshahi Beli Begum is living at village Dighipara of Darshonpara union under Karnohar police station. Her husband is a farmer. Economically they are not solvent. She is struggling to enhance her income. She decided to grow vegetables in-front of the house. Simultaneously she started poultry, goat rearing and hand embroidery. All
Beli Begum of Rajshahi contributes in safe food production Read More »