reflections on the intervention for Piara begum Shiree Q2 Research on Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh Author Yusra Tabassum Chowdhury Institution International Development Enterprise (iDE), Bangladesh CMS1 Reference 106946340004 (Household ID from CMS1) Interviewee name Piara Begum Sex Female Ethnicity/Religion Bengal Muslim Union, Upazilla and Zilla Before the Intervention: Habibpur, Uzirpur, Barisal End of l ROI (1): Habibpur, Uzirpur, Barisal Dates of Interview 15 August, 2013 Before the intervention Oct 2010 April 2013 Status Working extreme poor (2) Moderate poor (3) (also moderate poor as of August 2013) Livelihoods before and after the intervention 1. Rickshaw van pulling 2. Dependent on agricultural labour 3. Housemaid 4. Support from neighbours 1. Rickshaw van pulling 2. Dependent on agricultural labour 3. Vegetables Cultivate 4, Housemaid Productive Asset or IGA owned working capital 1.Van 2. Chicken rearing 1.Van 2. Vegetables Production 3. Duck rearing 4. Chicken rearing Marital status and household composition Lives with her husband and two daughters. Lives with her husband and two daughters. A 5 3
House and homestead: Ownership or tenure and condition of house. Own house, tin roof, and straw/hogla leaf wall with 15’X 12’ room space. Own house, tin roof, and straw/hogla leaf wall with 15’X 12’ room space.
Seasonal livelihood map - diversification JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. Available labour opportunities Harvesting and collecting aman paddy Lean season Collecting IRRI paddy Sowing aman Lean season Harvesting and collecting Aman paddy earning 100-200 taka daily earning 120-140 taka daily Before the Intervention No homestead agriculture (ha) No vegetable farming Housemaid work and receiving meals a day and half kilo rice Housemaid work and receiving 3 meals a day and half kilo rice Lean Period Shiree PE agricultural production Preparing sac bag for above ground vegetable production Sowed bottle gourd. No income in these two months as crops are growing Selling vegetables at 945 taka Sowed peppers, with 2000 CCT taka Sold eggs for 575 taka. Selling eggs for 230 taka.
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE: Here rank expenditure and investments according to amount, e.g. Purpose of expenditure (in Taka) How Who is the primary decider? Food 14,400 Income from selling vegetables and eggs and paddy which her husband collected from agricultural land Piara Begum and Siddique Mollik Treatment (They consulted doctor as her new born baby was suffering from 4,000 Earning of Siddique Mollik and income of Piara from selling Siddique Mollik and Piara Begum over
The intervention is women focused. It ensures women’s access to, and adoption of low cost, simple technologies for increased agricultural production even on marginal land. These enhance women’s food and nutritional security and hence graduate them out of poverty. Piara was extremely poor women who had a lack of both human capital, in the form of agricultural skill, and working capital for investing in agricultural inputs. This excluded her from the market and she did not have the necessary information on where she could find agricultural inputs such as seed, fertilizers, pesticides etc. This project has addressed these through: Giving CCT for starting business. This has enabled her to have capital for starting a business which was impossible before due to the lack of money or capital. Helping her to develop her own business plan through her own assessment of businesses most effective for her according to the perception and/or ranking of profit and risk. Giving her training or knowledge on agricultural technologies and hence increasing her skill. This has given her opportunity to use her skill for agricultural production even when the project ends. Linking her to both the input and output market. This has resulted into getting better input and marketing her product at fair prices. As a result of the intervention, Piara has with moderate success adopted a new technology and is still reaping the benefits. She was able to select a business and run it by herself accordingly with the project design. She had difficulty in the first phase in implementing her