Increase Income of Farmer’s through Mung bean cultivation with modern technology

Project Introduction:
Increase Income of Farmer’s through Mung bean cultivation with modern technology project implement by DAM Foundation for Economic Development (DFED) at Barguna Sadar Upazil, Barguna District under Promoting Agricultural Commercialization and Enterprises (PACE) project of PKSF. PACE project funded by IFAD.

Project Agreement Number: Not Applicable

Overall Objective:
Increase Income of Farmer’s through Mung bean and vegetable cultivation with modern technology

Specific Objectives:

  • To improve skill & knowledge of Farmers by mung bean cultivation.
  • To increase production of mung bean through technology transfer to farmers.
  • To assist the quality agriculture inputs to available the mung bean farmers.
  • To expand the marketing or new field of production of Mungbean

Outputs:

At the end of the project:

  • 60% of assets will increase entrepreneurs.
  • 85% mug farmers will be able to use modern technology and improved management.
  • 60% production of Mungbean will be increased.
  • 75% of the new  area  will be interested in peasant farming BARI-6 Mungbean
  • Mungbean farmers to cultivate new BARI-6 varieties of  50%.
  • 100 master trainers/Local service provider will be prepared
  • 3000 mung bean farmers will be received skills training and 600 summer vegetable farmers will be received skills training.
  • 6 Bed Planter (Seed sowing machine) financing will be buying.
  • The demonstration will be set up in plots of 60 varieties of BARI-6
  • BARI -6 mung bean and summer vegetable farming income and expenditure account over 3600 data cards will be made.
  • BARI-6 Mungbean and summer vegetable to grow the program will be created 3600 new card.

Project Components: Training, BARI-06 Mungbean cultivation, Use of Bed Planter, Homestead gardening, Demo plot and Field day.

Major Activities:

  • Startup workshop
  • Linkage workshop (Input & Output actors)
  • Develop the local service provider (Master trainer)
  • Training on mung bean cultivation through modern technology ( 5 key learning session)
  • Training on home vegetable cultivation
  • Demo plot of BARI-06 mung bean and vegetable
  • Cross visit for mung bean farmers
  • Bed planter transfer for seed sowing
  • To prepare the Mungbean & vegetable cultivation

Project Participants (Direct):

Children(0-10)

Adolescent(11-17)

Youth(18-25)

Adult(26-60)

Senior Citizen(61+)

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Project Duration: November 2016 to June 2019
Financial partner (Donor): PKSF & IFAD
Implementing partner (if any): Not Applicable
Project Location/s and number of Field offices:  Sadar Upazila, Barguna and number of Field Offices: 03
Project Budget BDT: Tk.10,660,000 (PKSF-Tk. 9 ,451 000 and DFED-1,209,000)
Number of project staffs and volunteers :

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Contact Person:
Name & Designation: Md.Niamul Kabir, Project Coordinator
Email: niamulkbr@yahoo.com, Cell :01811480006, 01721130905