Coordinated farming project improves living condition of grassroots people
Our Correspondent | Wednesday, 31 October 2018
SYLHET, Oct 30: Krishi Gobeshona Foundation has been working for improving the living standard of the grassroots people in the haor region of Sunamganj.
In this connection, a team of Sylhet Agriculture Univeristy (SAU) researchers including Prof Dr Abul Kashem, Prof Dr Abu Bakar Siddique, Prof Dr Md Shahidul Islam, Prof Jashim Uddin Ahmed and Prof Dr Md Abdul Aziz have been working since 2015.
They are working under the Coordinated Farming Management Project with 157 grassroots families in Noagaon, Rabbanigaon and Bahadurpur villages in the district.
They are trying to invent some better farming techniques for both the Kharif and Rabi seasons.
The project cost has been fixed at Tk18 million.
Talking to this correspondent Prof Dr Md Shahidul Islam, faculty of Fishery, SAU, said through the coordinated efforts for farming of paddy, vegetable, rearing of domestic animals and poultry and pigeon the said farmers around the Dekhar Haor are given seeds, fertilisers, goats and sheep.
Besides, they are imparted with some short training courses and given inputs under the project.
He further said the farmers now produce vegetables for family consumption and sale. Their earning is rising gradually.
On the other hand, some of the farmers took training on fish cultivation cases while some others are engaged in rearing cattle heads and poultry birds.