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Implementing
Ideas:
Integrating Smallholders into Expanding Markets Project |
IDE believes that farmers hold the power to raise
themselves out of poverty. Here in Bangladesh, IDE sees
that power in smallholders' untapped potential to produce
high value crops. IDE is now working to unleash that
potential in the northern district of Rangpur and the
southern district of Faridpur by using its PRISM framework
and the principles of Business Development Services (BDS)
to identify different agricultural sub-sectors with a high
potential to raise the income and overall well being of
poor farmers. Initial surveys have shown that vegetable
and potato cultivation in Rangpur and pond cultivation of
fish and onion cultivation in Faridpur are promising
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Their potential for wealth and employment creation;
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Their high level of smallholder involvement, especially by
female smallholders;
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The unmet market demand for these products;
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The opportunities for linkages with input and output
markets, and
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The potential for smallholders to add value to these
products.
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Since this initial selection process, IDE has made more
detailed studies of these sub-sectors. These have been used to
formulate interventions that should lead to better integration
of smallholders into the markets for these high-value
products. Over the next three years, IDE and KATALYST will
implement these interventions; it is expected that the
resulting market alterations will enable at least 10,000 small
farm households to generate approximately $200 per year in
additional net income.
Funding Agency:
The Dutch Government and Swisscontact-KATALYST
Project Coordinator:
Md. Bakaul Islam |
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