1.

Project Title

:

Implementation of Sericulture Extension & Development Work Plan.

2.

(a) Sponsoring Ministry/Division

:

Ministry of Textile's & Jute.

(b) Executing Agency

:

Bangladesh Sericulture Board.

3.

Bangladesh Sericulture Board took the said Development project under caption above with an estimated cost of Tk. 1216.00 lakh. The objectives of this project are as follows:-

1. To extend and develop the Sericulture through direct participation of Govt., Private Organizations and NGOs;.

2. To establish sound relationship between Govt. organizations and NGOs;

3. To suport financial help to the persons involved in Sericulture, production of cocoons and Silk yarn;

4. To arrange wide-range training programe for the persons involved in Sericulture profession to develop their technical efficiency;

5. To create employment facility for the women;

6. To introduce ‘Chawki Rearing system’;

7. To increase empowerment of the rural poventy-stricken women enhancing their income and genarating more employment facility through sericulture activities; and

8. To create circumference of social security, etc.

4.

Location of the project
Upazila/ District
(Attach map, where necessary)

:

Place
 
 
All over Bangladesh.
(The detail distribution of different establishments and location of the project activities are shown in Enclosure-I).

5.

a) Cost of the Project
(In Lakh Taka)

:

1. Total : 1250.54  

2. GOB : 1250.54

3. P.A. : -

b) Exchange rate with date

:

Not applicable.

6.

Mode of Financing with source

:

(In LakhTaka)

7.

Project Implementation Period

:

1. Date of commencement: July’2008

2. Date of completion: June’2011.

1.

Project Title

:

Sericulture Extension Programme for the Chittagong Hill Districts (2nd Phase).

2.

(a) Sponsoring Ministry/Division

:

Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs & Ministry of Textile & Jute.

(b) Executing Agency

:

Bangladesh Sericulture Board (BSB).

3.

Objectives of the Project
(Please specify)

1. To extend the sericulture activities in the new prospective areas of the three hill districts in a compact form with the help of NGO' keeping the existing extension areas intact.

2. To establish mulberry demonstration plot-cum chawki rearing centres in the Sericulture extension areas with a view to involve the people in sericulture occupation through motivation.

3. To create employment of the poor tribal and non-tribal people of the hill districts and to reduce their poverty through extension of sericulture,

4. To gear up the socio-economic condition of the hard-core poor people through enhancing the women participation in the field.

5. To impart training on rearing of silk worm, cocoon production and reeling of silk yarn to the people willing to take up sericulture as a subsidiary occupation.

6. To reduce depending tendency of the people on Government financial help and to make them self sufficient through the sericulture activities.

4.

Location of the project

Location of the Project are as follow :

5.

a)  Estimated Cost of the Project 
     (In Lakh Taka)

:

1. Total : 300.00  

2. GOB : 300.00

3. P.A.(R.P.A) : -

4. Others : -

b)  Exchange rate with date

:

Not applicable.

6.

Mode of Financing with source

:

(In LakhTaka)

7.

Project Implementation Period

:

1. Date of commencement: July’2008

2. Date of completion: June’2011.

1.

Project Title

:

Extension and Development of Sericulture in Public and Private sector in Bangladesh.

2.

a) Sponsoring  Ministry/

    Division

:

Ministry of Textile's & Jute.

b) Executing   Agency

:

:

: