What this did for 13 farmers.

No admin cut. No middlemen. Here are the receipts.

7 MO
Duration: 13
Participants: +28%
Avg income increase: +21%
Avg Yield Increase

Every monsoon took the crop and the middlemen took the rest.

Frequent monsoon floods leave small-scale farmers trapped in cycles of debt and poverty. These floods ruin their crops, leaving them with no food to sell or eat.

Even when farmers manage to grow crops, they often have to sell them through middlemen who take half of their profits.

Where every pound went

Ref	Line item	Amount	Share
L-01	Inauguration and training	£224	17.2%

L-02	Agricultural inputs	£888	68.3%

L-03	Irrigation	£102	7.9%

L-04	Consultancy	£69	5.3%

L-05	Monitoring	£17	1.3%

Σ	Total deployed	£1,300	100%

Six months. Five things.

01
Better seed and tools
13 farmers received high-quality corn or chilli seed, fertiliser and the tools to plant it.
02
Training in the field
Agronomists worked with the farmers on growing technique, pest control, and looking after soil and water.
03
A direct line to Dhaka
Rather than selling through middlemen, farmers were connected straight to the big Dhaka markets, so they set fair prices and kept the profit.
04
Advice all season
When something went wrong mid-season, farmers could call an expert and get an answer rather than lose the crop.
05
Checking in
Volunteers visited through the season to see how each farmer was doing and whether the support was landing.