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Researcher : Alauddin Ali
Project Status : On-going
Seasonal famine, locally called as "Monga"
is almost a regular phenomenon in some poverty-prone
northern districts of Bangladesh. The media, civil society
and the Government expressed their concern for the imminent
"Monga" outbreaks in the northern districts
this year as a result of two consecutive floods this
year. Government and NGOs have developed a culture of
dependency to avert short-term solution of the problem.
Many of the poverty-prone people of northern districts
are fighting this seasonal problem by using their own
skills, knowledge and capability. Despite these efforts,
there appears to be a culture of dependency to avert
the "Monga" in the Monga affected areas. Main
objective of this project is to evolve an acceptable
strategy for averting Monga by adopting PAR. If the
strategy found appropriate, it can be applied all over
the poverty-prone areas of northern Bangladesh.
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