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...