Bangladesh: Urban slum gardening boosts food security in Rajshahi
Rajshahi city has around 104 big and small slums with 12,202 households consisting of 39,077 people.
By Md Aynal Haque
BSS News
Nov 2, 2025
Excerpt:
Urban slum homestead gardening has become a significant practice, with slum dwellers actively cultivating vegetables on small land plots and rooftops of their homes across Rajshahi city.
This initiative plays a vital role in ensuring household food security, improving nutrition, and providing an additional source of income for the urban poor.
Nilufa Begum, 40, has been engaged in homestead gardening for the past four to five years – a venture that has greatly strengthened her confidence.
Currently, she cultivates gourds, bitter gourd, drumstick, and pumpkin on a three-katha plot, after receiving training from a non-governmental development organization.
Nilufa migrated from Rangpur after losing everything to river erosion and poverty. She moved with her family to Namovadra slum in Rajshahi, where they initially survived by scavenging scrap, earning only Taka 10,000 to 12,000 per month.
In late 2024, she earned Taka 1,500 from gourds, Taka 600 from drumstick, and Taka 2,000 from pumpkin sales – money that helped her meet food, medicine, and household expenses while reducing her dependence on the market for vegetables.
Inspired by her success, many other slum-dwelling women are now planting more crops and conserving seeds, enabling them to continue farming each year.
Nilufa’s determination has sparked a quiet urban farming movement among the women in her community, enhancing their dignity and respect within their families.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/bangladesh-urban-slum-gardening-boosts-food-security-in-rajshahi/
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