transforming lands transforming lives practical action bangladesh
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Right to Food
Supporting Communities Affected by River
Erosion in North-west Bangladesh
South-Asia Right to Food Conference June 1, 2015
Hope for million living on the edge of mighty rivers in Bangladesh.
Nazmul Chowdhury, Practical Action Bangladesh 2005.
Transforming lands, Transforming lives
“I have no doubt that it is possible to give
a new direction to technological
development, a direction that shall lead it
back to the real needs of man”
E.F. Schumacher
NATURAL CONTEXT
Flood River Erosion
Changing climate
GLOBAL WARMING and MELTING GLACIERS
Seasonal vulnerability
Limited
access
to prod.
resource
Food
insecurit
y Hunger
& Monga
Displace
ment &
migration
Social/G
inequity
&
Marginali
sation
Limited
Voice
and
Choice
Natural
Disasters
RE/Flood/
Cold
Community
Context
Vulnerability reduction
strategies
Hunger
and Employment
Social Inclusion
&
Empowerment
Income
Generation & Two
Step Graduation
The ultimate bigger challenges
Raising poverty & fear of hunger
1.4 billion people are at risk of hunger
Intervention Areas
Disricts-5
Upazila- 16
Unions-70
Village-200
Over 50,000 Extreme Poor
households reached since
2004
Graduation Model Proposed By Practical Action
Stage
Graduation Stage II
Sustainability &
Growth
Increase Income
Market facili tationAsset Generation
Community led service
Off Farm
Farm
Capacity Building,Access to Resources
Y1 Y2
Time
Diversification of JobPermanent Skill-
Self employment
Graduation Stage I
Production
Food Security
Value Appreciation& Asset Protection
Institutional
support
Social
Protection
Physical
Protection
Y3
Graduation Approach
Technology options & livelihood packages
Agriculture
Fisheries
Livestock
Small Ent.
Dev.
Light-
Engineering
Food
processing
social &
Disability
Promotion of Community Based Extension System
For
Long-term Sustainability
Sandbar Cropping
Hope for millions living on the edge of mighty
rivers in Bangladesh
Resource and opportunity
Technology Transfer
Production and Harvest
Harvest and Storage
Local level Marketing
Nation wide Market linkage
Total production in 6 years (2009-2015) = 54094 MT by 12857 BHHs
Total sell recorded = 43,275 MT (80%) worth Tk. 34,62,01,600 (£
3m) based on local sell price Average 8 Tk/kg.
Total Product value (Cons.+ Distr.+ Sell) = 43,27,52,000 ( £ 3.8 m )
Product value based on urban market @ 16 Tk/kg =
86,55,04000 Tk = £ 7.5 m
Pumpkin marketing:
Supported by 164 middleman/Market actors.
Immediate Impacts Md. Abdur Rahim
Harvested 2450 pumpkins from 600 pits in year-1
Used the return for food, clothing, treatment and asset generation and housing
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35% 32%
25%
20%
6% 5% 4%
2%
6%
Total population 4812
Investment of profit
Squash
Lettuce (green)
Lettuce (red)
Straw berry
Red beat
Broccoli
WHAT NEXT ?
Crop diversification trial in collaboration with Agricultural Universities
in Bangladesh and Rheine Waal University, Germany
Media Coverage
Local, National and Global
ATN PUMPKIN TV- UK
Devex Do Good. Do It Well
Mati O Manush
Global Ideas
BTV World
Publications
Over 200 news/web articles have published in the national and local
newspapers
International Recognition
Cannes Corporate Media & TV
Awards 2011 DW-TV
What’s the
Future potential?
41,000 HHs living on embankment in NW
An appropriate POLICY
can make
a big DIFFERENCE
180,000 ha of sandbar fallen during
dry season
MILLIONS COULD BE BENEFITTED
THROUGH POLICY SUPPORT
Food
Security
HH Income
& Employment
Family
Nutrition
Reduce burden of
safety net
Lean season
management
Asset generation
How only pumpkin can contribute?
Recent thought
Commercial Integration
Commercial integration &
scale
Economic opportunity
Transitional Land
1.Operational access to barren lands/sandbar for the resource poor displaced communities living on flood protection embankments.
2.Financial and technical support mechanism to run the activity
3.Dissemination at national and international level to benefit wider communities.
Promise to keep, Dreams to fulfill,
still we have long way to go
“To talk about the future is only useful if it leads to action now.”
E.F. Schumacher, Author of “Small is Beautiful”
For something exceptional
It is not how much we do,
but how much love we put in the
doing.
It is not how much we give,
but how much love we put in the
giving.
~ Mother Teresa
Acknowledgement:
We are greatly thankful to the donors of Practical Action
Bangladesh
Thank you
Let’s give them a smile!
Nazmul Chowdhury
Sandbar cropping Harvesting in all 37 spots:
In PY-3, a total of 1500 beneficiaries implemented sandbar cropping at 37
sandbar spot at 5 PNGOs working area. Final harvesting of pumpkin has been
completed in this month at all spots.
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DISSEMINATION BY OTHER UDPS LALMONIRHAT
Ocean of Pumpkin, Ocean of hope 2013-2014
season