By M. Sabrin Ahmed Roty | Project Leader
Bangladesh depends particularly on the agriculture sector and three fifths of the population are employed in the agriculture sector. Most of the farmers of Sundarbans coastal region of Bangladesh live below the poverty line and engaged in mono-culture practice. This practice is seasonal and in the off season the land remains barren and farmers can’t earn sufficient amount of money. The farmers are also cultivating high yielding varieties (HYV) of crops instead of indigenous varieties to meet the demand of growing population. But this increases the excess use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides. As a result, the farmers become fully dependent on the companies for HYV seeds, chemical fertilizer, and insecticides. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers and insecticides for crop production causes environmental pollutions and degrade the Sundarbans coastal biodiversity. Now a days the farmers have become helpless due to the evil cycle of company and middlemen. Rapid expansion of HYV crops cultivation process has become a threat to the native seeds, regional biodiversity, environment and human health.
To recover from this critical situation and to ensure the food security of the marginal people, BEDS has supported the vulnerable people based on their skill and need. BEDS promoted Integrated farming among the farmers of Sundarbans coastal region to ensure better life of the farmers. BEDS established a community seed bank beside the initiatives of government to save the farmers and agriculture of Bangladesh from the grips of seed companies. BEDS has conducted education program on environment friendly agricultural farming and importance of native seeds among 1040 farmers of Banishanta union under Dacope sub district of Khulna district. BEDS also trained the local community on organic farming and vermicompost and also established a vermicompost plant using of the cowdung of the livestock.
One of our beneficiaries expressed her feeling, “Before I was a random housewife. But now I have become a working woman with the help of BEDS. Now I have become self-dependent and take part in my family decision making process. This empowerment adds a value to my life.”
BEDS has supported 265 families. But there are lots of vulnerable women who needs the support. So, it’s a heartiest appeal to all the donors for being kind to help those vulnerable women to give them a chance to come out from the cycle of poverty and lead a respectful life.
We are requesting all our donors to start monthly recurring donation. Please click the following link; https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/changing-life-by-empowering-women/?show=recurring
By M. Sabrin Ahmed Roty | Project Leader
By M. Sabrin Ahmed Roty | Project Leader
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