Enhancing Food and Nutritional Security and Improved Livelihoods through Intensification of Rice-fallow System with Pulse Crop in South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Nepal)
Budget: 18532.00
Direct HH Coverage: 400
District: Siraha
End Date:
Funding: ICARDA, IFAD
Major Activities:
- Cluster demonstrations of improved technology package of lentil
- Capacity building
- Establishment of village based seed enterprise (VBSE)
Objectives:
- Intensification of rice fallows with lentil and other legumes
- Enhance lentil productivity and income of farmers
- Improve household nutrition through increased intake of pulses in their diets
- Enhance food and nutritional security and improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers
Outputs:
- Establishment of 300 Cluster demonstrations
- Establishment of 2 VBSEs
- Capacity building of 450 farming households
Partners: CBSP Padharia, Gadha, Jandibya Farmers’ Cooperative, Siraha district
Program Type: Completed
Project Location: 9 Villages in Sirha district
Start Date:
Target Group: Smallholder Farmers
Thematic Area: Food and Nutrition Security
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