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Agro Inputs Project (AIP)

Development Partner

USAID (Feed the Future Initiative)

Implementation Organization

Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)

Program Area

South west region of Bangladesh

Target Beneficiaries :

2564 agro input retailers

In order to ensure the availability of quality agricultural inputs to farmers in southern Bangladesh, AIP project strives to increase the knowledge and sales of safe, high-quality agricultural inputs through technical training and improved business services by an expanding network of Agro-Input Retailers Network (AIRN). The project has trained 2,564 retailers on agronomic products, agro-business management and ethics, safe and judicious use of agro-chemicals, and high density nutritious crops. ACI played an active role in facilitating training for the retailers. In addition to formal training AIP has also organized seven local and two international study tours for 116 retailers. They received practical experience on agro-inputs business management, supply and best practices from local and international stakeholders. The retailers also paid a visit to ACI formulations plant in Gazipur. In addition, AIRN has organized 341 demonstration plots for hands on learning of the retailers and farmers on quality agro-inputs and appropriate input application practices. ACI played an active role in facilitating AIP to organize many of these demo plots. Approximately 21,000 farmers (of which 2,500 were female) also got opportunity to learn from these demonstration plots.