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A Joint Collaboration between IPDC Finance Limited and ActionAid International Bangladesh Society

Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture for the Vulnerable Communities in North Bengal

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Project Overview
Project Duration	1st October 2024 – 30th September 2025
Reporting Period	October 2024 – March 2025
Working Areas	Mogholhat and Kulaghat Unions, Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila

Project Activities

Provide high high-yielding variety of local seeds to 100 women smallholder farmers, who are the participants of the project, i.e Paddy (bina-7, Ire-16, 29), Bitter Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Water gourd, Corn, Potato, Wheat, Mustard.
Providing support for installing protective fencing around the garden to 100 participants.
Production of vermicompost to be used in homestead gardening and sale. The compost will support soil conservation. Here, 70 participants will get support for building a setup on their home, and the 30 most advancing women will get the support from the 3 plants, which will be established, and these 30 women will work via leasing lands for production.
Use of mulching approach to reduce water consumption.
Facilitating the land leasing process for 30 most advanced participants from the total pool of 100, to enable largescale production.
Production of green pesticides to be used in the garden instead of chemical pesticides.
4 capacity building training session for all 100 participants on CRSA.
Support the women's group to link with the market to sell their agreed product via establishing one facility on the established market. This would work as a market corner specialized for women with facilities such as toilet, menstrual hygiene management, breast feeding corner etc.

Summary of Key Activities Implemented

Finalization of Beneficiaries

A participatory selection process was followed to identify and verify 100 interested and eligible women farmers from eight villages

SL	Village Name	Union	Members	Group Name
1	Bumka	Mogholhat	13	Swapner Poth Women Farmers
2	Sorkartari	Mogholhat	15	Muktar Mala Women Farmers
3	Itapota-1	Mogholhat	15	Sukhtara Women Farmers
4	Itapota-2	Mogholhat	11	Sukhtara Women Farmers
5	Phulgachh	Mogholhat	9	Mukto Akash Women Farmers

Training in Climate-Resilient Agriculture

Four day-long training sessions were conducted in January for 100 women farmers. Sessions were facilitated by Mr. Mukul Chandra Sarker and Mr. Alamin Islam, Assistant Agricultural Officers from local government agricultural office. Primarily the topics those were included in the training sessions:

• Bed-based vegetable cultivation
• Vermicompost production
• Bio-pesticide formulation and application
• Organic farming techniques (pheromone traps, poison baiting, etc.)
• Soil fertility management and pest control

Farmers began applying for the training by cultivating vegetables at home using compost and bio-pesticides.

Establishment of 80 Vermicompost Plants

To reduce chemical fertilizer use, 80 selected members received materials to set up vermicompost units at home in February 2025 that included recipients of:

2 rings, 2 tins, and 250g of earthworms per member

Following the successful initial production of vermicompost by a group of women farmers (approximately by 31 women), the positive outcomes inspired and motivated the rest of the participants to adopt the practice. As a result, all selected farmers have now begun regular vermicompost production, which has collectively scaled up to an estimated 1,000 kilograms per month.

Distribution of High-Yielding Seeds and Fencing Support

In March 2025, 100 women farmers received:

- Nine types of vegetable seeds (okra, bottle gourd, yard-long bean, jhinga, leafy spinach, red amaranth, etc.)
- Financial assistance of 700 BDT for fencing to protect garden crops

The distribution events were attended by union chairpersons, local officials, and agriculture officers, who emphasized the importance of sustainability and proper utilization of supports received by the community women. Among the 100 participating women farmers, a number have already begun generating income through the sale of surplus production, following the fulfillment of their household nutritional needs.

18,200 +

Shelters Provided

4.5 M+

Meals Delivered

73,000 +

Emergency Medical Kits

150 +

communities across 22 countries

Challenges Encountered