Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) and its donor’s contribution to Deep Tube-well irrigation-based rural agricultural community development in Northern Bangladesh

Abstract

The paper is exploring the relationship among the key stakeholders’ roles Grameen Krishi Foundation, and its funding donor United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the roles of Government of Bangladesh and their impact to Northern Deep Tube-well (DTW) irrigation farmers crop production and community development in Bangladesh in 1991-1998. Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) Bangladesh-involves in agricultural irrigation farming, crop production, and crop marketing in Bangladesh. The author works with them as a coordinator in Dhaka that he narrates here his working experience. As of experience, the author finds instead of fully follow the TOR of the pre-inception of the project document, it is important the international donor funding agencies and other related stakeholders of the project should hear the implementing agency’s interaction experience with the community members and understand their interaction experiences; then design and develop post-inception project improvement strategies for the benefit of the community people and overall outcome of the project.