A workshop named “Farmers’ Day” was held on 2nd August, 2012 for the organic vegetable growers from Savar, who are the KSF cooperative members. This workshop was jointly arranged by Meena Bazar and Kazi Shahid Foundation, a non-profit affiliation of Gemcon group.
The Challenge
The workshop was about sharing some effective learning regarding organic vegetable farming with the farmers. At the exchange session, an ordered view was presented which was made based on the purpose of helping the farmers to know more about packaging, managing good transportation and vegetable preservation as well. The purpose of KSF coop in collaborating the workshop was to introduce other with their activities regarding organic vegetable.
On this purpose, KSF cooperative has been implementing a contractual milk and dung buy-back dairy farming in rural area of Panchagarh. KSF has some other programs also named Education Program, Tea Cooperative Development Program, Organic Farming Awareness and Practicing Program. Moreover, in 2010, KSF coop started a new project on organic farming of vegeratbles in Savar.
The Result
KSF coop is helping these farmers to produce their vegetables in an organic ways that would reduce the detrimental food consumption. Even though Meena Bazar has been helping the farmers in Saver with a profitable promotion in market, KSF coop gives them initiatives for a start up.