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Sunamganj
Community-Based Resource Management Project
This 11-year project is working to improve
participants' access to essential services and resources, to diversify
their livelihood options and to empower women in a district that is
remote, neglected and characterized by destructive flooding patterns.
The vulnerability and livelihood insecurity of its inhabitants
are severe, and households headed by women are particularly vulnerable.
Specifically, the project:
- provides access to savings and credit services at the village
level, focusing on the promotion of high-value products with established
marketing chains (livestock and fisheries)
- supports the transfer of water and land management rights to participants
to improve their access to and control over natural resources. It
also promotes community-based habitat restoration to increase the
production and availability of fish to local fishers
- promotes labour-intensive infrastructure development (including
village erosion-protection works and storage facilities) to provide
employment opportunities to the poorest and most vulnerable people,
particularly women, and to reduce threats of erosion and flooding
- empowers women by addressing strategic gender needs such as access
to knowledge and technology, control over productive resources,
and development of leadership and management skills
The project's target group
includes landless, marginal and small-farmer households and women.
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Mr Sheik Md. Mohsin
Project director
LGED Bhaban (Level-12)
Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka- 1207
Tel: +88 028151387
+88 028155581
Fax: +88 028155581
scbrmp@lged.org |
| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$34.3 million
IFAD loan: US$22.0 million
Duration: 2003-2014
Geographical area: Sunamganj district
Direct beneficiaries: more than 135,000 rural
poor households
Status: ongoing
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