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Rupantar: Transforming smallholder food systems in the Eastern Gangetic Plains

RDRS Bangladesh since November 2021 is implementing Rupantar: Transforming Smallholder Food Systems in the Eastern Gangetic Plains project in partnership with University of Adelaide, funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) aiming to define the processes and practices (technical options, scaling interventions, policy settings and implementation) that can be applied to achieve sustainable, efficient, diversified food systems at scale in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh along with other local partners in two other countries- India and Nepal. The project is set to conclude in October 2026.

Rupantar builds on existing work and partnership networks to link research outputs and development goals through the demonstration of inclusive diversification pathways, definition of processes for scaling to the millions of smallholder farmers in the region and generating a better understanding of the policies that support diversification. In Bangladesh, the project works at 6 villages under 2 upazilas (Sub-districts) across Nilphamari and Lamonirhat Districts with 3 different diversification pathways- Plot Diversification Pathway (Mustard Production), Irrigation Constraint Pathway (Brinjal Production) and Non-Plot Diversification (Native chicken rearing) covering a total of 143 farmer households.