Rajshahi Resource Centre

Affiliated with 
BARCIK
Bangladesh

It is a field learning centre for rural community, youth volunteer, student, researcher, journalist and development activists. This area is located in the Northern part of Bangladesh and closes the Maldah Indian Border. This area is called as Barind tract the draught zone in Bangladesh. Mostly Bengali people are live there and also Santal, Munda, Oraon, Mahali, Rabidas and Bagdi Indigenous communities are there with their diversified culture.

More than 200 local rice varieties are conserving through on-farm conservation methods, participatory varietal trial and also women are involving in participatory plant breeding program to develop resilient variety. More than 40 types of vegetables and more than 60 medicinal plants are conserving in this working area. Local breed of livestock are also conserving there.

Fifty three (53) farmers, fishers, youths and women organization are involved in this area. A sub-district level change monitoring committee and coordination committee are coordination all the grassroots activities.

Village: Mahananda Residential Area, HN-5, RN-1, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Asia/Dhaka
Shahidul Islam, Regional Coordinator, Rajshahi
+88 01716497227
shahidul@barcik.org.bd

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