Ever since he was about 16 years old, Ziaur Rahman has been working his family’s farm in the Rangpur district of northern Bangladesh, growing rice, potatoes and other vegetables. But Ziaur, now 34, is feeling increasingly squeezed by today’s harsh economic realities. Even with his wife Sahanaz, and his brother and sister working on the farm, as well as three day-labourers, providing for their family of eight isn’t becoming any easier. Read More
Recent Event
- Sara Bangla Krishak Society (SBKS) won the FAO Achievement Award-2023
- Achieving better production in Asia-Pacific through digital agriculture
- Bangladeshi villages turn digital
- Rural digital service centres launched with village fairs
- Farmers grow the export market for Bangladeshi potatoes
- Investing in farmer networks and soil fertility
- Persistence and Profits pay off
- The WIFI is weak but our call for support for smallholder family farmers is strong
- Only 17pc smallholder farmers have access to bank loans
- Breaking down access barriers for Bangladeshi farmers
- Drive to increase potato exports reaches landmark
- Opinion: The power of investing in smallholder farmers’ organizations
- How investing in the bigger picture has paid off in Bangladesh
- Sara Bangla initiatives farmers during COVID-19
- Virtual Call Center (VCC) is lifeline of smallholders farmers amidst of COVID-19 pandemic
- Smallholder farmers export potatoes despite COVID-19 challenges
- SBKS and MMI jointly organized a workshop on ‘Building Productive Alliance Amongst Public-Private-POs’ on 17 June 2021
- SBKS has organized a consultation workshop on 24 August 2021 to share the PO-led proposal.