RAJSHAHI, July 6 (BSS): Jamila Begum, 35, wife of a day-labourer, Mominul Islam, is now at the threshold of eradicating her long-lasting poverty through household-based chicken rearing through modern method.
Jamila, mother of three daughters and a son and a resident of Bargachhi village under Paba upazila of the district, embarked on the mission of achieving self reliance early 2012.
At the preliminary stage, she received training on chicken rearing along with its proper feeding, vaccination and marketing by the Local Service Providers (LSP).
In the current year, she earned Taka 2100 after selling eggs and chicken. She told BSS that both demand and market price of native chicken variety is higher than that of others.
After becoming a part of her 25-member of a local cooperative society, Jamila enjoys some extra privileges of poultry rearing and marketing.
Elder daughter, Monira Parveen, a student of class nine of her village school, gets all institutional expenses from her mother's earning that encourages her to higher education in the days ahead.
Like Jamila Begum, many other households of the poverty-stricken community are involved in the poultry rearing activities.
Jeshmin Akhter, local community leader, says all the organized members are very much optimistic about improving their living and livelihood condition through the poultry rearing value chain.
The households have learnt how to promote the community business after the best uses of the local resources and services.
