Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security in Selected Communities of Lama Upazila, Bangladesh - UNJP/BGD/072/WFP
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The project targeted women beneficiaries living near primary schools, who were supported and trained on nutritious homestead fruits and vegetables production. Vegetables production sites were established for this purpose, and required inputs, including health safety materials to combat COVID 19, were distributed among the beneficiaries. Capacity development was the core component of the project, targeting individual farmers and the SMCs. Training provided on the production of vegetables, fruits, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), post harvest loss management and market oriented production planning effectively strengthened the beneficiaries’ production capacities to meet market demands. In addition, a cooking demonstration and training programme was organized, using locally accepted food items. It is expected that the nutrition education provided by the project will help families with limited resources to make food choices that will improve their diet and health. A market study was carried out with the broad objective of assessing the market potentiality for different vegetables and fruits grown in Lama Upazila . Following this study, a series of linkage meetings with local market actors was organized, to create an enabling environment for smallholder farmers to access markets, by providing market information, promoting aggregated supply, and advocating for rules, regulations and incentives for smallholder producers.