What are the problems faced by farmers of Banskhali Upazilla, Chittagong District?

Farmers are the main entrepreneur of our country. Unfortunately,  they do not get proper support from Govenment aswell as Non-government organizations. Farmers in The area of  Banshkhali Upazilla, Chittagong district are passing through serious economic hardships, as they are unable to sell their various farm produces at reasonable costs. Middlemen strongly control and dictate the market of agricultural produces. A producer farmer does not get his share of the selling cost of the produce. Very often he is forced to make distress sale. These produces are invariably sold at very high cost and the middlemen are pocketing a large share. The farmers are denied opportunity to intervene in the market and do not have the bargaining power. The production of various produces food grains, vegetables, cash crops in Kerala are dwindling alarmingly. The purchasing capacity of the farmer is fast declining which is indeed a threat to the livelihood security of large section of farmers....
Many of the government sponsored schemes and programmes implemented so far have not redressed the farmers grievances effectively. These schemes have failed to find out worthwhile solutions to the farmers problems. Presently, the Government does not have a solution to the farmers problems. Limited financial resources are preventing the Government from attempting solution finding exercises.

Picture : Ilsha, Banshkhali Upazilla, Chittagong

writer: Ashik Sayeam Chowdhury 

Eid Greetings with Dr. Muhammad Yunus on 17th October 2013 .
with Noman Ullah Bahar, Borhan and Many young future leaders.

"Team Krishoker Bazaar" with farmers

Place: Banshkhali Upazilla, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Green Child

GREEN CHILD  

concept: Ashik Sayem   

Idea Developed by Ahsan Ullah

In Bangladesh like other underdeveloped and developing countries, it is always noticed that many children are contributing to the clean and green environment through collecting used plastic bottles. Being harmful for soil, these used bottles can be recycled and made available to manufacturers. But these contributing children have been deprived of having deservingpayment and enlightened education because of absence of appropriate initiative. For mentioned reasons, this significant portion of children is feeing poor and neglected and they are becoming burden of whole nation. To overcome those prevailing problems, we have brought the idea of “Green Child” to get connected with such contributing children. In “Green Child” it is planned to get supplied with their collected bottles. Those collected bottles will be supplied to respective involved businesses for recycling so as fair amount of profit can be generated. A portion of this Profit to be made from “Green Child” will be utilized for schooling of the respective children who will collect bottles. To make them inspired for education, time will be divided between collecting bottles and concentrating to studies. And for allocating sufficient timeto studybesides collecting used bottles, they will be given deserving payment with number of collected bottles and they will be convinced about their contribution to environment for developing self-respect. In this way, we dream a clean environmentwith bright human resourceand a green Bangladesh by “Green Child”.

Banskhali , Chittagong

Social Business Day 2012

Banskhali, Ilsha, Chittagong.