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19Dec

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Community Seed Wealth Center and Gumat are disaster shelters

Nayakrishi Andolon Mehinoor Khatun ( 33) is living in the village of Bantiar,Shahjadpur, Sirajgonj. She has two sons and a daughter. Her husband Sontesh Miah is a tuberculosis patient and can not do any work. They have 87 decimal of cultivable land. They also have one cow, two goats, six ducks and six hens. She moved with two sons (9 and 6 year s) and a daughter (1) along with 3 species of seeds, one cow, two goats, six ducks and six chickens in Seeds center and Gumat (Cow shelter) during flood in 2007. This Seed wealth center and Gumat were established by UBINIG for sheltering flood affected people and livestock. Mehinoor Begum said that the Seed wealth center and Gumat were of great help for them during flood. After recession of flood water they planted seeds that they had kep...

19Dec

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Local varieties of rice are environment friendly

Nayakrishi Andolon Alimuddin Sarker (45), son of Jasimuddin Sarker are living at Dewli, Tangail. He is a farmer, He has one acre of land. There are five members in his family including two daughters and a son. In most of the years their crops in the field are inundated. They grow boro and amon rice every year. Amon rice is vulnerable to flooding by the Dhaleshwari river. Consequently they run short of food grains for six months. They apply chemical fertilizer, pesticides and other inputs with the expectation for a better harvest. But the crops in the amon rice raised with HYVs seeds are damaged by the flood in most of the years. Under these circumstances, recently there was a meeting on Water and food security at the residence of Mr. Chand, Memebr, Dewli Union Parished. Jamal at...

19Dec

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“Seed is my dream”, Nahar Begum

Nayakrishi Andolon Nahar Begum (50), W/O - Mojibor Rahman, Village: Higanagar Barobari, Union: Attia, Upazila: Delduar, District: Tangail My parents live in the same village. They have three acres of cultivable land. They have been farming on their own land I used to attend agricultural and other household activities with my parents so long I was with them before my marriage. My major involvements there included seed sowing, post harvest processing and storage of seeds. I also enjoyed rice husking with my mother. After marriage I was happy to see the same set of agricultural environment in my husband’s residence. My husband has two acres of cultivable land. He cultivates his own land. I learnt the art of agriculture from my mother. Now I have been practicing the same with my mot...

19Dec

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Local Rice Varieties Ensures Food and Feed Security

Nayakrishi Andolon Ainal Hoque (42),Delduar, Tangail inherited 90 decimal land from his father. He has been living a happy life with two sons anda daughter. His residence is on the bank of the Dhaleshwari river. The river water flows over his land in every rainy season. As a result there is regular siltation on land. Rabi crops grow well in the locality. Broadcast amon rice varieties including Chamardkigha, Hijaldisha, Laldhepa, Patishail, Patjag have been grown. The rice plants would grow about three feet tall before the entry of the flood water in the field in the rainy season. The plants would grow fast keeping pace with the rising flood water. There would be no loss of yield of rice due to flood. Rather it would increase yield by siltation on the base of the rice plants. A f...

19Dec

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Saira Khatun: a happy Nayakrishi farmer

Nayakrishi Andolon Name: Ms. Saira Khatun, (50), wife of Mozaffar Ali, Datianakhalli, Chakaria, Cox’sbazar, a Nayakrishi farmer. She has a home stead 20 decimals and cultivable land 95 decimals. Out of the cultivable land, 40 decimals covered by rice, 40 decimals salt production and 5 decimals under vegetables. There are three houses in the homestead area. The dwelling house is a tin-shed with bamboo fencing. There are also a kitchen, one. Cattle shed and one hen pen. Farming is the main source of income of Saira Khatun. She does farming on her own. Her husband and son also work for farming. In addition to crop production, Saira Khatun also rears cow, goat, duck and hen. In this practice Saira Khatun earns a good sum of money at the end of the year. Her husband works as a wage e...

19Dec

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Nayakrishi is the key to peaceful life of Sakhina Khatun

Nayakrishi Andolon Shakhina Khatun (42), wife of Abul Kahsem, Purba baro veula, Cox’sbazar is a landless farmer. She has a homestead area of 10 decimals and shared in land 60 decimals. She has a dwelling house and a cattle shed. She has a bullock and a cow shared in. She also has five ducks and 18 chickens. There are varieties of trees in the homestead area including mango, jackfruit, blackberry, amlocki, pomelo, dewa, banana, areca nut, coconut, mahogany, teak, sesbania, sisso, banyan tree, guava, star fruit. Medicinal plants occur in abundance including catagola, tiatui, bondherosh, pripata, bashak, hobupata. The main source of income of Shakhina Khatun is farming. She works in the farm. Her husband and sons work in the farm. They work as wage labor in other’s farms. They a...

12Nov

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Seed is our heart: Rina Begum

Nayakrishi Andolon Rina Begum (38), Village: Mamudpur, Union: Atia, Upazila: Delduar, District: Tangail They have two acres of cultivable land. They have been farming on their own land Rina said, I used to attend agricultural and other household activities with my parents so long I was with them before my marriage with Mainuddin Miah. My major involvements there included seed sowing, post harvest processing and storage of seeds. I also enjoyed rice husking with my mother. After marriage I was happy to see the same set of agricultural environment in my husband’s residence. My husband has two acres of cultivable land. He cultivates his own land. I learnt the art of agriculture from my mother.. I am responsible for maintenance of Nayakrishi Seed Hut seeds of different crops ...

10Nov

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About Nayakrishi Andolon

Nayakrishi Andolon CULTIVATING ANANDA, PLANTING THE SEED OF JOY The biodiversity-based ecological agricultural movement of the farmers of Bangladesh "We believe..." : the Nayakrishi principle We believe that the possibility for a joyful living is never exhausted. Ecological agriculture can show the simple path to enjoy our lives. In bangla the word for joy is ‘ananda’: it is a beautiful and nuanced word and carries distinctly very deep and spiritual meaning in local vernacular over and above its Sanskrit origin. The word 'ananda' highlights the ecstasy of living in harmony with the 'present' ('বর্তমান'). Major saints of Bengals were critical of both so-called 'spiritual' or 'materialist' understanding of the world, a binary they tried to critically avoid. T...

9Nov

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Ten Rules of Nayakrishi

Nayakrishi Andolon || Monday 09 November 2015 TEN RULES OF NAYAKRISHI FARMING Farming practice of Nayakrishi Andolon follows ten simple rules. These rules are summarised in 10 statements adopted by the farmers themselves, mirroring 10 fingers of their hands. They are developed through day to day experiences and knowledge. These rules are reviewed every year based on newer information, practices and learnings. Ten rules were developed initially in 1997. The latest revision (2014) is to cluster them in two blocks. The experience shows that farmers prefer to go from simple to complex systems. While all rules are indeed interconnected but each also represents a distinct principle. Understanding the foundational nature of the principle is key in strengthening the confidence ...

Nayakrishi Seed Network; Seed and Genetic Resource Conservation

8Nov

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Nayakrishi Seed Network

Nayakrishi Seed Network; Seed and Genetic Resource Conservation

Nayakrishi Andolon || Sunday 08 November 2015 The Nayakrishi Andolon (New Agricultural Movement) of Bangladesh is a movement for biodiversity-based ecological agriculture. It is based on simple principles like no use of pesticides and chemicals, no external input of fertilizers, composting and improved soil management and practice of mixed cropping and crop rotation for pest management and risk reduction. Mixed cropping is also crucial to increase productivity through management and production of biodiversity. Shifting away from the narrow accounting of quantitative yield of a single monoculture crop to measuring the systemic value of the total performance of a farm, is the key to the economic success of the Nayakrishi Andolon. The central approach of the initiative squarely lies i...