Ethnic families raising rabbits to earn a better living
Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- Netrakona: A number of families at tribal-dominated Nayapara cluster village in Kullagarh union of Durgapur upazila of Netrakona district are trying to change their days by raising rabbits.
According to locals, Nihar Ranjan, a tribal youth from Susang Durgapur, had first started keeping a pair of rabbits in 2006. Afterwards many tribal people were interested in rearing rabbits to raise their income.
Later in 2006, Netrakona-based private development agency Swabalambi Unnayan Samiti undertook a pilot project called Income and Food Security for Ultra Poor-IFSAS.
Indigenous families of the cluster (Guchha) villages were brought under the project through three associations- namely Sylvia, Paharika and Nithuria.
Each fami...
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