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Agricultural Extension Support Activity (AESA) Project

Development Partner

USAID (Feed the Future Initiative)

Implementation Organization

CARE Bangladesh, Dhaka Ahsania Mission

Program Area

South west region of Bangladesh

Target Beneficiaries

1150 Private extension

The USAID Agricultural Extension project has been implemented in the central and south-west Bangladesh since October 2012 with the primary objective of increasing farmers’ access to improved extension services leading increased household incomes, nutritional status and food security for 110,000 participating farmers. Various business units of ACI have come under a collaboration with this project to build capacity of 1,150 private extension agents and dissemination of improved crop, livestock and fisheries technologies. ACI will also make available its quality agro-inputs and advisory services in the project areas in order to achieve higher production rate which will result in increased income of 110,000 women and men farmers.