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Presentation in Dhaka / Bangladesh INGENAES Regional Symposium Kamal Bhattacharyya, Protima Roy and Saleh Ahmed 7 – 9 March 2017
Egiye Jai & Nijera Gori Projects Update from Bangladesh –
Duration: Jan, 2013 – Sep, 2016 Acknowledgement – Caritas Bangladesh Project teams and INGENAES
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Project Priorities
• Production focus on - Homestead vegetable gardens, livestock, poultry, aquaculture;
• Joint decision making to carry out improved production practices;
• Post-harvest marketing engagement; • Cluster approach;
• Using village change agents• Nutrition (dietary diversity);• Linkages to government, institutional, NGO, and private sector
services;• Household savings;
Each cluster has a community
representative called either VDT or
VPMT who supports project implementation and works with project staffs.
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Some PicturesSome PicturesSSome PicturesS
Intra-Household decision making and gender equity (wife of head of HH taking decision)Poultry – Control villages 7%; Treatment villages 46%
Vegetables – Control villages 3%; Treatment villages 32%
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Cluster approach and its implications on participation of men and women
• The cluster approach appears to be an effective way of reaching women with information
• Proximity to homestead makes it easy for women to participate in multiple tasks in the family
• Cluster level trainings are not reaching men in target households -
• Only homestead based interventions will not attract men.
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Women’s Participation in Market –A close look at the village market
Trader sales non-perishable items to wholesaler
• Rules guiding marketing
• Trader collects products from farmers on Village market day.
• Both parties (Trader and Consumer) agreed that regular market day price will guide the transaction cost.
• Market price information collected from mutually agreed vendors from Union markets and notified in the cluster market place.
• Farmers agreed to receive a discounted price to meet traders transaction cost
• Trader arrange alternative to farmers incase unable to collect on stipulated day and time.
• On the spot payment.Market, Gender and local Culture• Traders visit villages to collect produce / Little or no
transparency / Terms of payment flexible/ Trader covered a big catchment area.
• Existing traders have a strong cooperating network, that must be carefully considered and negotiated when introducing new traders to the market.
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HH Nutrition in project areaAs compared to control villagesEgiye jai – Increased the likelihood of a vegetable garden by 37-45 percentage points, and increased plating by about four types of vegetables in the garden Nijera Gori – Increased the likelihood of a vegetable garden by about 20-21 percentage points, and increased planting by about two types of vegetables in the gardenEgiye Jai - Increased the likelihood that they would have poultry by 25-30 percentage pointsNijera Gori - Increased poultry in the household by about three percentage points.
Pathways for nutritionAgriculture Production – Nutrition PathwayIncome and Assets / Income – Nutrition Pathway: Nijera Gori project increased wealth index values, and Egiye Jai and Nijera Gori projects increased HH’s average monthly expenditures. Women’s empowerment – Nutrition pathway: Egiye Jai and Nijera Gori had a positive impact on wife’s assets and decision-making on marketing poultry and vegetables.
Gender and Generation in Nutrition Decision Making* Traditionally men market their own as well as women’s produce, purchase items at the market. Involve men in nutrition decision making.
* Life expectancy of farmers has increased, mothers who live longer also tend to become frailer; meanwhile, younger women assume the nutritional decisions of the household.
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Questions
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Thank you