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November 1, 2022

Sowing Commercial Interest in Homestead Gardening

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Ramakrishnan Ganesan
Chief of Party, Feed the Future, Bangladesh & Senior Private Health Sector Advisor
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Md. Ashraful Islam
Agriculture Market System Lead, Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity, International Development

As leaders of the Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity, we have a large, multifaceted mandate that includes increasing consumption of diverse foods; empowering women and adolescents; increasing adoption of improved water, sanitation and hygiene behaviors; and promoting environmentally friendly solutions. Engaging the private sector has been integral to our success, fueled by shared benefit principles. And for one of our main initiatives, it’s doing so literally where people live.

Since 2020, our Activity has teamed with agri-input suppliers and retailers to establish nearly 800 “demonstration” homestead gardens in three regions of Bangladesh with historically high malnutrition and poverty levels. These gardens, averaging 40 square meters in size, may seem humble, but they are a nexus for several Feed the Future goals: good nutrition, women’s empowerment and environmentally safer horticulture. These demonstration gardens have motivated nearly 45,000 households to start their own homestead gardens, benefiting nearly 200,000 rural Bangladeshis. Throughout, the private sector has been a dynamic partner, adding energy, ideas, and credibility to our efforts — and of course, a regular supply of seeds, new technologies, and other inputs.

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Originally published in Agrilinks, October 3, 2022

Authors: Ramakrishnan Ganesan and Md. Ashraful Islam

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