Stress on adaptation to climate change

RANGPUR: Experts at a training course underlined the importance of providing necessary training to the displaced char people on adaptation to climate change to lead better life under adverse situations in disaster-prone riverine areas, reports BSS. The opinion came at the concluding ceremony of a two-day training course on ‘Capacity building on homestead- vegetable gardening and rearing poultry birds, goat and sheep’ held yesterday at Notarkandi village under Chilmari upazila in Kurigram.
A total of 100 female members of four Community Climate Change Adaptation Groups (CCAGs) from different remote char villages under Astomirchar union of the upazila participated in the course.
RDRS Bangladesh, an NGO, organised the training course under the ‘Strengthening Resilience of Internally Displaced People due to Impact of Climate Change in Northwest Bangladesh (SRIDP)’ project being funded by Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
Chilmari Upazila Livestock Officer Golam Rabbani and Assistant Coordinator (environment and disaster) of RDRS Bangladesh for Kurigram Agriculturist Shafiul Islam conducted the training course as resource persons.
Earlier, the NGO raised plinths of houses of the project beneficiary, displaced char women, by February 15 before arranging the training course for enhancing their capacities to improve their livelihoods and socioeconomic empowerment.
The resource persons discussed about the new climate-resilient technologies and methods on cultivation of vegetables on homesteads, rearing poultry birds, goats and sheep and syndromes of various diseases with suggestions for prevention and treatments.
Livestock Officer Golam Rabbani called upon the trainee char women for increasing production of vegetables with optimum consumptions and rearing poultry birds, goats and sheep to improve their nutritional status and economical empowerment.

Stress on adaptation to climate change

RANGPUR: Experts at a training course underlined the importance of providing necessary training to the displaced char people on adaptation to climate change to lead better life under adverse situations in disaster-prone riverine areas, reports BSS. The opinion came at the concluding ceremony of a two-day training course on Capacity building on homestead- vegetable gardening and rearing poultry birds, goat and sheep held yesterday at Notarkandi village under Chilmari upazila in Kurigram. A total of 100 female members of four Community Climate Change Adaptation Groups (CCAGs) from different remote char villages under Astomirchar union of the upazila participated in the course. RDRS Bangladesh, an NGO, organised the training course under the Strengthening Resilience of Internally Displaced People due to Impact of Climate Change in Northwest Bangladesh (SRIDP) project being funded by Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Chilmari Upazila Livestock Officer Golam Rabbani and Assistant Coordinator (environment and disaster) of RDRS Bangladesh for Kurigram Agriculturist Shafiul Islam conducted the training course as resource persons. Earlier, the NGO raised plinths of houses of the project beneficiary, displaced char women, by February 15 before arranging the training course for enhancing their capacities to improve their livelihoods and socioeconomic empowerment. The resource persons discussed about the new climate-resilient technologies and methods on cultivation of vegetables on homesteads, rearing poultry birds, goats and sheep and syndromes of various diseases with suggestions for prevention and treatments. Livestock Officer Golam Rabbani called upon the trainee char women for increasing production of vegetables with optimum consumptions and rearing poultry birds, goats and sheep to improve their nutritional status and economical empowerment.