Blue Gold has started the development of Farmer Trainers in 10 new polders, who will be able to take over the role of CDFs in organizing Farmer Field Schools. Recently Blue Gold has selected 76 Farmer Trainers (FTs) from Khulna and Patuakhali from different polders, among them 41 men and …
Blue Gold Program as part of its Strengthening Value Chains (SVC) activities arranged three day long capacity building training programs in two batches for selected Input Retailers located in program implementation areas. The main objective of the residential training was to strengthen their capacity as value chain actor in providing …
Day long workshops for the Department of Fisheries and Livestock officials of Satkhira, Khulna and Patuakhali were organized by Blue Gold TA respectively on 25, 26 and 28 July 2016. The main objective of theses workshop was to strengthen linkage with line department for future planning and implementation of Blue …
A collaborative action research between Blue Gold Program and Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) Germ Plasm Center, Mymensingh, was running in BG polders areas from 2015 to promote crop diversification and to increase year round availability of fruits and vegetables promoting food security. To strengthen the action research activities at polder …
Blue Gold Programme finished its 6th cycle Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on Homestead vegetables, Poultry and Nutrition module at Khulna, Sathkira and Patuakhali districts. After the production cycle a total of 88 farmer field days were organized at Polder 29, 26, 31-part , 2, 43/2B and 43/1A . A total …
A day-long training for Resource Farmers (RF) entitled Resource Farmers Capacity Building was held for two batches of participants in the training room of the Blue Gold Patuakhali Office on 15 February and 17 February 2016. A total of 49 first and second year RFs from different Market Oriented Farmers …
Bakulbaria and Kalagachia Union Parishads (UP) are within the newly selected polder-55/2C under Galachipa Upazila of Patuakhali district. These UPs needed orientation on the Blue Gold Program as the UP representatives were not well aware about the program. Orientation for the UP functionaries for Bakulbaria and Kalagachia UPs were held …
To share the experience and result of mung bean Farmer Field School (FFS) and Market Oriented Farmer Field School (MFS), Blue Gold organized two workshops in Patuakhali & Khulna respectively on 17 and 19 August. The workshops were attended by the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) staff working at different …
Starting in June 2014, Blue Gold agricultural and food security component organized a watermelon farmer field school (FFS) with 25 farmers from Sayedkhali village under Deluti Union of polder 22 of Paikgacha Upazila in Khulna district. The selected farmers had the opportunity to excavate/renovate a mini pond within their land. …
Blue Gold Program in collaboration with Nice Foundation is conducting a nine months long research entitled Participatory action research on securing the livelihood through improvement of Kawra pig-rearing community of Southwest Bangladesh. After signing a contract between the two organizations on 30 July, the project inception and curriculum development workshops …