Project Name	Community Farm Training through Income Generating Activities (CFT-IGA)
Project Duration(From to )	January-2004 to still
Project Location	Mithapukur Upazila under Rangpur district
Project Description	Islamic Relief Worldwide Bangladesh (IRWB) Rangpur office is located in a rural setting with six acres of land, which has been specially developed for setting up model demonstration farms on major income generating activities for both training and on-farm demonstration. CFT-IGA project successfully combines both theoretical training with practical on-farm demonstrations. IRWB started this project in 2004 to enhance capacity of the poor (especially women) through skills development training and increased productivity with efficient management of local resources. The major components of the project are Dairy Farm, Beef fattening, Fishery and Nursery.
Overall aim and objective	Goal : Livelihood security of the poor and vulnerable people of the community improved Objective-1: To develop strong network with development partners, GOs & and other organizations and internal & external relation build up. Objective-2: To enhance the capacity of the organizational staff. Objective-3: To enhance the capacity of the targeted vulnerable group by introducing demonstration plot.
Expected result	Institution building: Create Employment Linkage development for Technology Transfer Demonstration Centre
Key activities of the project	Providing practical training facilities to beneficiaries. Technology transfer by farm visit. To develop skill manpower in community level. Liaison with GOs & NGOs. Issue based information publicity by demonstration plot farm visit personal contract etc. Institutional model development
Target Beneficiaries	IRW-B supported targeted individuals, NGOs, GOs, and other organizations
Donor	Islamic Relief Worldwide