Environment-friendly Agriculture, Green Enterprise, and Livelihoods
What We Do under “Environment-friendly Agriculture, Green Enterprise, and Livelihoods” :
Ghashful promotes sustainable agricultural practices and eco-conscious enterprise development by supporting small and marginal farmers, agro-entrepreneurs, and rural producers. Our work includes financial services, value chain development, technological assistance, market promotion, and the adoption of climate-resilient and resource-efficient production methods. These efforts aim to enhance income, generate employment, improve nutrition, and contribute to environmental sustainability.
Who We Serve:
Our interventions benefit smallholder farmers, women-led rural enterprises, and low-income entrepreneurs involved in high-value agriculture, poultry, and related agri-businesses across rural areas of Bangladesh.
Key Programs and Supporters:
This thematic area is implemented through the Promotion of Value-Added Fruit Products Project under the SMART Project (supported by PKSF and the World Bank), and the Safe Poultry and Poultry Product Market Development Project, a sub-project of the Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP) (supported by PKSF and IFAD, with earlier technical support from DANIDA).
On-going Interventions of Ghashful under the Thematic Area “Environment-friendly Agriculture, Green Enterprise, and Livelihoods”
| Sl. No. | Name of Project/ Programs | Target Group | Working Location | Starting time | Ending time | Major Objective(s) | Donor |
| 1. | Promotion of Value-Added Fruit Products for Sustainable Growth and Instituting RECP Practices (A sub-project of SMART Project) | Fruits producing entrepreneurs [1000 micro-enterprises] | Sapahar, Porsha, Niamatpur and Patnitola Upazila, Naogaon District | August 2024 | Continue | To reduce health & environment risk through adopting Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP), Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), climate resilient technologies, promote circular economy, product diversification for high-value fruits production. | PKSF [Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART) Project], and The World Bank |
| 2. | Safe Poultry and Poultry Product Market Development (A sub-project of RMTP Project) | Ultra poor, Transitional poor and Enterprising Poor [400 LSP and 9600 beneficiaries] | Nazipur, Mohadevpur, Badolghaci, Naogaon Sadar and Manda Upazila, Naogaon District | August 2022 | Continue | To promote value chain development in poultry and poultry products by supporting small and marginal farmers and entrepreneurs with financial services, technological assistance, and market linkages to enhance income, nutrition, and food security. | PKSF [Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP)], IFAD, DANIDA |