Innovation Round 1
Innovation round 1 focused specifically on eradicating extreme poverty in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Haor and Coastal regions of Bangladesh, given the high percentage of extreme poverty in these areas. With the goal of encouraging new innovative ideas to improve the livelihoods of the extreme poor, 6 NGO projects were selected.
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Asset transfer and health-nutrition improvements Aid Comilla provides artificially inseminated cows that produce more milk to extreme poor households & creates market linkages with dairy processors @ Feni |
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Khas land leasing for paddy cultivation Centre for Natural Resources Studies distributes agricultural inputs & Khas Kanda Land in Haor districts & encourages savings & insurance through “Musti Chal” @ Sunamganj |
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Conditional Cash Transfer, Market Development Green Hill creates economic opportunities for extremely poor Adivasis in the Chittagong Hill Tracts through conditional cash transfer & skill training @ Bandarban, Rangamati |
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Resilience to health shocks through improved market access Helen Keller International widens market access for women through training, tools for contour farming, low-cost post-harvest storage & processing technologies for fruits & spices @ Khagrachari |
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Innovative Agricultural Technologies Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation introduces different agricultural technology (e.g. vegetable cultivation in fallow land, homestead, floating beds, promotion of early rice variety, floating cage fish culture) for improving the livelihoods of extreme poor of haor areas in Shunamganj |
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Shushilan is introducing floating garden & crab fattening technology to reduce extreme poverty in climatically vulnerable areas @ Jessore, Saatkhira, Barguna |
