Agri-business for Trade Competitiveness Project (ATC-P) – branded as 'Katalyst' – is a market development project which aims to contribute to increasing the incomes of poor men and women in rural areas of Bangladesh.
Katalyst triggered change in homestead farming by raising awareness on modern prawn cultivation among women farmers, and sensitizing the private sector on the possibilities to expand their markets to small farmers. The intervention was implemented in Jessore, Khulna, Bagerhat, Narail, and in the remote outskirts of Satkhira.
Through this intervention:
- 22,170 women farmers improved access to quality inputs and relevant know-how
- according to impact assessments, 8,068 women farmers have benefited from the intervention at an average income increase of 20,060 BDT annually
- prawn production cycles have been reduced to nine months and women's profits have almost doubled, which has had a positive impact on their economic empowerment levels
Intervention description
To provide training in modern prawn cultivation techniques and input and create linkages between feed and aqua-chemical companies with women prawn farmers.
Evidence methodology
None described.