World Renew is committed to helping small farmers have enough food for their families and earn extra income through sustainable agriculture practices that protect and nourish the land. Almost half the world’s farmers are women, but they receive only 5% of farmer education and improvement services Read More
World Renew is committed to helping small farmers have enough food for their families and earn extra income through sustainable agriculture practices that protect and nourish the land. Almost half the world’s farmers are women, but they receive only 5% of farmer education and improvement services worldwide. When you invest in World Renew’s Enough Food programs, you invest in women as well. Women like Rozina.
For a long time, Rozina was a struggling farmer.
Rozina lives with her family in rural Bangladesh, where many families make a living by farming rice, vegetables, or other crops. Day after day, Rozina and her fellow small-farmers were working hard in their fields, but they were not producing enough food. How were they supposed to feed their families and overcome poverty without good harvests?
Then Rozina took a brave step that changed her harvests for the better: she joined a community farmers group organized by World Renew’s local partner, SATHI.
In this group, farmers were trained in new agriculture techniques to help them increase their crop yields. Rozina was surprised to learn that the chemical fertilizers and pesticides that many of the farmers were using could damage the land and make it even more difficult to produce healthy crops.
Rozina also learned about environmentally-friendly agriculture practices, such as composting, seeds preservation and the use of organic pesticides. By using organic fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizers, she could help increase the fertility of the soil. She also realized what a difference it would make for her family if she could grow her own nutritious fruits and vegetables that they could incorporate into their diet.
Agricultural training equipped Rozina to see new ways forward for the farmers in her community. With great excitement, she started to put what she had learned into practice. She began growing tomatoes on her small plot of land—a project that cost her about 2,800 taka (approximately $35 USD). Her husband was glad to help her with this new endeavor.
Within a few days, Rozina’s tomatoes plants were full of fruit! She was thrilled to have tomatoes that she and her family could could eat. She could also had a new product that she could sell, and she made a profit of about 12,300 taka (approximately $154 USD) by selling her tomatoes.
At first, many the farmers in Rozina’s community were skeptical about the new agricultural methods she was using. Could these changes really help them improve their harvests? But Rozina was confident in her practices and passionate about sharing what she had learned with other farmers. So she invited farmers to come and visit her garden and see her success. When these farmers saw proof of Rozina’s success, they were also inspired to try these new, environmentally-friendly methods for themselves.
Today, Rozina continues to thrive and she is a strong leader. As one of the trained peer farmers in her community, she finds great joy in training and mobilized new farmers in techniques that help give them enough food for their families.
“By applying what I learned through World Renew programs, I became a successful farmer,” said Rozina. “I believe and hope that all local farmers will use compost and organic pesticides in their kitchen garden one day.”
G4AW Southeast Asia Regional Workshop at indonesiaFor a long time, Rozina was a struggling farmer.Rozina lives with her family in rural Bangladesh, where many families make a living by farming rice, vegetables, or other crops. Day after day, Rozina and her fellow small-farmers were working hard in t Read More
G4AW Southeast Asia Regional Workshop at indonesiaRozina lives with her family in rural Bangladesh, where many families make a living by farming rice, vegetables, or other crops. Day after day, Rozina and her fellow small-farmers were working hard in their fields, but they were not producing enough Read More
Md.Golam Mostofa & Mariyam Begum couple got a unimaginable success in Moyna F1 Bitter Gourd cultivationMd. Golam Mostafa is a regular Bitter gourd farmer, his wife Mariyam Begum is his constant helper in this work. There are 2 more sons in the family,He is a resident of Batason village in Read More
Md.Golam Mostofa & Mariyam Begum couple got a unimaginable success in Moyna F1 Bitter Gourd cultivation
Md. Golam Mostafa is a regular Bitter gourd farmer, his wife Mariyam Begum is his constant helper in this work. There are 2 more sons in the family,
He is a resident of Batason village in Moyenpur union of Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur.
Although he used to cultivate local Bitter gourd in the past, he has been cultivating MoynaF1 Bitter gourd of Lal teer for the last 3 years. He said that he has got unimaginable success in cultivating this variety.
This year he has cultivated this Bitter gourd on 25 Decimal of land, so far he has harvested it 3 times, harvested 600 kg and sold it for 18,000 Taka . He has spent 8000 taka for fertilizer,weeding, pesticides purpose.
Talking to him, it is enlighten to us that he was informed about Moyna F1 Bitter gourd from Lal Teer field officer. he started cultivativation with a small plot of land. After getting good yield he cultivated Moyna with 25 decimal land last 2 years.
He also said that the characteristics of Moyna are very good.such as
[1]. The variety is 50 percent more productive than the local variety.
[2]. Mild bitter and delicious to eat .
[3]. Cultivable and medium cut all year round.
[4]. The weight of the fruit is 150- 160 gram and
[5]. Fruits can be collected in 40- 45 days .
He happily said one more thing: Although all the Bitter gourd fields have been destroyed by the *Super Cyclone Amphan,* his Bitter gourd fields are still good and green, so he can sell the Bitter gourd at a higher price later.
In the end, he thinks he can pick Bitter gourd 8-10 more times and get a yield of 1280- 1400 kg. He is hopeful that he will be able to earn 50,000 Taka.
His wish is to cultivate more land in the future and he dreams of educating his sons in good schools and making them good person.
Best Regards
Md.Mehedi Hasan
Asst.Manager (Project /PDS)L
TSL, Rangpur.