Agriculture & Livestock Unit

Agriculture Unit and Fisheries and Livestock Unit

Bangladesh is mainly an agricultural country. About 85% of our total population depends on agriculture directly or indirectly. Nabolok established Agriculture Unit as its mainstream program with the assistance of PKSF. This unit proposes to boost agricultural productivities and generate employment in rural areas. The program relies on the advancement of farming and livestock rearing conventions to ensure food security for vulnerable stakeholders. The purpose of this unit is to extend sustainable agricultural technology and capacity building supports to the door-steps of farmers with a view to increasing farming productivity of the local people and ensuring food security. This Unit enables the farmer to gain access to resources necessary for boosting crop production.

On the other hand, Nabolok has been implementing diversified fisheries and livestock activities under Fisheries and Livestock unit with the effective partnership of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). Fisheries and Livestock Unit take several initiatives to develop coastal fisheries and livestock sector through increasing productivity with sustainable fisheries and livestock technologies.

Major Activities of Nabolok under Agricultural Unit:

1. Pheromone trap for pesticide free vegetable production.

2. Use of “Guti Urea” for paddy cultivation.

3. Seed preservation through “Maria Model”

4. Compost fertilizer production

5. Year-round homestead gardening (vegetable and fruit).

6. Summer tomato cultivation.

7. Use of parching in rice field

8. Use of porous Pipe for cost effective irrigation in rice cultivation.

Major Activities of Nabolok under Fisheries Unit:

1. Mixed cultivation of Vietnami Koi and Carp fish along with year-round vegetable cultivation on the pond side.

2. Mixed cultivation of lobster and Carp fish along with year-round vegetable cultivation on the pond side.

3. Mixed cultivation of desi shing, magur, tyangra and Carp fish along with year-round vegetable cultivation on the pond side.

4. Kuchia cultivation.

5. Mixed cultivation of carp, mola and monosyllable along with year-round vegetable cultivation on the pond side.

Major Activities of Nabolok under Livestock Unit:

1. Goat raising technology using shelf method.

2. Vermin compost technology.

3. Cow raising technology.

4. Cow fattening technology.

5. Quail bird rearing.

6. Billy Goat raising technology using shelf method.

7. Poultry (Broiler/ Layer) rearing technology using shelf method.