CSV

Stress Tolerant Seed Varieties to Increase Agricultural Productivity in Rural Areas

Development Partner

Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

Implementation by

Winrock International, ACI, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, SAINT Bangladesh, SMKK, NABOLOK

Program Area

Coastal Belt of Bangladesh

Target Beneficiaries

30,000 women and 7,500 men The Feed the Future Bangladesh Women’s Empowerment Activity was designed within the context of the U.S. Government’s broader Feed the Future Initiative. The objective is to promote women empowerment in the Agriculture value chain so as to improve their skill and ensure higher productivity through use of quality seed, fertilizer, and animal health products. ACI is playing a prominent role in providing agricultural technical training and entrepreneurship development training to the beneficiaries, through its competent workforce. ACI is also working to create linkages between small farmers and forward market actors so that they have greater control over the end market and can achieve a fair price for their produce. The project is working to promote women economic empowerment, which in turn would lead to women having more voice in their families and in the society that they live in.