The BRAC Approach to Small Farmer Innovations



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DOI: 
10.1007/978-3-319-25718-1_6
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Licence de la ressource: 
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
Type: 
Chapitre du livre
Source du livre: 
Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development
Auteur: 
Mazid M.A
Malek M.A.
Hossain M.
Description: 

BRAC is a global leader in creating large-scale opportunities for the poor. This chapter describes how small farmer innovations are being developed by BRACAgriculture and Food Security program. In collaboration with the Government and theInternational Agricultural Research Centers, the program aims to achieve food security and reduce hunger and malnutrition through increased environmentally sustainable agricultural production systems. The research focus is on cereal crops (rice andmaize), vegetables and oilseeds. The program is currently implementing severalinnovative projects targeted at small farmers. BRAC is the largest market player,especially in hybrid seed (rice and maize) production and distribution in Bangladesh,and is gradually expanding to other countries, including Liberia, Sierra Leone,Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Haiti

Αnnée de publication: 
2016
Μots-clés: 
Innovations
Smallholder farmers
hybrid seeds
comunity-based technology
agro-credit
Gender