HSI (i-1)

Project Title
Agricultural Innovations for Eliminating Extreme Poverty (AIEEP)

Project Area
Sulla and Derai Upazila, Sunamganj
See the project areas on Google Maps

Target
1,000 Beneficiary Households (BHH)

Years to Graduate
3 years

Budget (BDT)
Total budget is BDT 27,995,155
cost per BHH is BDT 27,995
of which the direct delivery cost is BDT 15,184

Key Aspects

The aim of this project is to combat the lack of income opportunities for the extreme poor through agriculture due to the scarcity and lack of access to land/water bodies as well as a lack of appropriate knowledge;
The basic component is to improve livelihoods through the generation of employment opportunities;
Development/strengthening of technical skills (dissemination of agricultural innovations) allowing BHH to produce new products year round;
Addressing nutritional needs of BHH through the introduction of short duration and cold resistant rice varieties;
Development of marketing skills and linkages with market actors that will increase access to markets at fair prices for BHH;
Provision of inputs and working capital (cash and asset transfers) to the BHH to start new agricultural activities and develop skills;
Development of organisational skills and linkages to service providers;
The graduation path will include two milestones: Cycle 1 (initial 18 months) of the project will see the majority of the BHHs with increased production and access to new markets enabling them to gradually increase their income. Cycle 2 (total 36 months) will see a minimum of ninety percent (average 5 members per HH) of BHHs increase their monthly income to BDT4,000.

Outputs

See the works of SHIREE funded project of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation (HSI) on flickr

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