Transforming Livelihoods through Sustainable Farming and Livestock Rearing: The Journey of a Smallholder Farmer Dilip Kumar

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Institute
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Fund
cg.contributor.initiativeMixed Farming Systems
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierHumnath Bhandari: 0000-0002-0570-9727
cg.howPublishedGrey Literature
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No poverty
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on land
dc.contributor.authorHumaira Sadaf, Bushra
dc.contributor.authorHaque, Abdul
dc.contributor.authorMiajy, Abdullah
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Sharif
dc.contributor.authorBhandari, Humnath
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-10T19:29:39Zen
dc.date.available2024-12-10T19:29:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/163304
dc.titleTransforming Livelihoods through Sustainable Farming and Livestock Rearing: The Journey of a Smallholder Farmer Dilip Kumaren
dcterms.abstract"People used to call me lazy and useless. I was unsuccessful in every aspect of my life and felt completely defeated," says Dilip Kumar Roy, a 48-year-old farmer from Dharmopal village in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari. "Now, those same people come to me for my advice about raising livestock. It feels good to be respected finally." Just a year ago, Dilip’s life looked very different. He was struggling to support his wife, Smoroni Mohon Roy, and their two daughters on a limited income. With no formal training in farming or livestock management, he stuck to what he knew— growing rice, potatoes, and maize on his 200 decimals of land. He also reared five cows and some poultry birds, but the income from these wasn’t enough to cover his family’s expenses. Things went from bad to worse when a duck-rearing venture he invested in failed miserably, wiping out much of his savings. “I kept on making losses after losses,” Dilip recalls. “No matter what I tried, nothing seemed to work.”en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitioners
dcterms.audienceDonors
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHumaira Sadaf, B., Haque, A., Miajy, A., Ahamed, S. and Bhandari, H. (2024). Transforming Livelihoods through Sustainable Farming and Livestock Rearing: The Journey of a Smallholder Farmer Dilip Kumar. International Rice Research Institute.en
dcterms.extent10 p.
dcterms.issued2024-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.publisherInternational Rice Research Institute
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectsustainable agricultureen
dcterms.subjectintensificationen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.subjectland managementen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjectimproved germplasmen
dcterms.typeCase Study

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