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Microfinance for Marginal and Small Farmers Project

The goal of this six-year project is to improve the livelihoods of poor, small and marginal farmer households. The project is expected to:

  • establish viable microfinance institutions to provide opportunities for 210,000 small and marginal farmer households to invest in on- and off-farm enterprises
  • increase agricultural production through access to information, adoption of new technologies and linkages to markets
  • develop and mainstream Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) operational procedures for lending to farmers and related agro-enterprises
The project area includes 14 districts in the north-western and north-central regions of Bangladesh , selected because they have high levels of poverty and good agricultural potential. The total population of these districts is 28 million, and some 1.7 million will be reached by the project. The project focuses in particular on households that experience a food shortage (less than three meals a day) for more than two months a year, and on especially disadvantaged households (tribal households, those headed by women and those with unemployed youth).

 

Source: IFAD

In this section
Contact information
Mr Golam Touhid
Deputy general manager (Operations)
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
PKSF Bhaban
Plot: E-4/B, Agargaon Administrative Area
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207
Bangladesh
Tel: +88 029140057 to 59
Fax: +88 029134431
touhid@pksf-bd.org
Facts and figures

Total cost: US$29.7 million

IFAD loan: US$20.1 million

Duration: 2005-2011

Geographical area: 14 districts in north-western and north-central Bangladesh

Directly benefiting: 210,000 households

Status: ongoing
Partners
  • Agroforestry Seed Production & Development Association (ASPADA), Bhaluka, Mymensingh
  • Al-Falah Aam Unnayan Sangstha (AFAUS), Rajbati, Dinajpur
  • Ananya Samaj Kallayan Sangostha Salgaria, Pabna
  • Bangladesh Extension Education Services (BEES), Mohakhali, Dhaka
  • BEDO Segun Bagicha, Dhaka
  • Center For Action Research Barindh (CARB), Rajshahi
  • Dushtha Shasthya Kendra Mohammadpur, Dhaka
  • Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) College Para, Thakurgao
  • Gram Unnayan Karma (GUK), Gabtali, Bogra
  • Grameen Manobik Unnayan Sangastha,(GRAMUS), Fulpur Mymensingh
  • Jatiyo Kallyan Sangstha Sabujnagar, Joypurhat
  • Joypurhat Rural Development Movement (JRDM), Khetlal, Joypurhat
  • Padakhep Manabik Unnayan Kendra (PMUK), Mohammadpur, Dhaka
  • Participatory Develoment Initiatives of The Masses (PDIM), Mirpur, Dhaka
  • People's Oriented Program Implementation(POPI), Lalmatia, Dhaka
  • Program for Community Development(PCD), Pabna
  • Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS- Bangladesh), Uttara, Dhaka
  • Resource Integration Centre (RIC), Lalmatia, Dhaka
  • Sabalamby Unnayan Samity, Shibganj Road, Netrakona
  • Samj Kallan Sabgastha, Gaibandha
  • Self-Help And Rehabilitation Programme (SHARP), Saidpur, Nilphamari
  • Society For Social Service (SSS), Palastoli Road, Tangail
  • Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS), Gokul, Bogra
  • Uttara Development Program Society Khandar, Bogra
  • Village Education Resource Center (VERC), Savar, Dhaka