Project Overview

Islamic Relief has established a community farm in Rangpur to improve the earning capacity of the community to and improve living standards. The community farm is used to train local farmers on how to get the most out their farms and diaries.

The community farm also acts as a training centre for IR staff where they learn how to increase agricultural productivity and manage resources efficiently.

Project Background

The Community Farm Training project complements the Community Action Project (CAP). The project comprises four main components, a dairy farm, beef fattening, a fishery and a nursery. These act as demonstration farms where training is carried out, however the farming activities themselves generate income.

The project is designed to improve the income generation capacity of the community.

Project Objectives

• Establishing and maintaining demonstration farms for the community
• Providing training to local farmers
• Improve the income generation capacity of the community
• Development skills in farm-training management for IR aid workers

Project Activities

• Establishing a demonstration dairy, fishery and a nursery
• Provide training
• Cooperate with the Community Action Project to transfer farming technologies and techniques to the community
• Establishing a community farm
• Establishing links with other agencies for marketing the produce of the community farm

Beneficiaries

608 people will benefit from this project, they are group members of the Community Action Projects (CAP) and the community. Secondary beneficiaries include local business men and women.