Perception of the IGVGD programme participants on the effects of the programme on socioeconomic and nutritional well-being
Year: 1995
Type: report
Abstract: Income Generation for the Vulnerable Group Development (IGVGD) Program is one of \nthe main development initiatives of BR.A..C targeted to the poorest rural women. The \nIGVGD programme was launched in 1987 in collaboration with the World Food \nProgramme (WFP) and the Government of Bangladesh. The Programme includes activities \nsuch as credit, savings, training, poultry rearing, health and nutrition education, and general \nawareness. The major objective of the programme is to increase real income of the rural \ndestitute women through high yield variety (H1:'V) poultry rearing and other income \ngenerating activities. The objectives of this study are to examine the perception of the \nprogramme participants on the impact of the IGVGD programme on nutritional status \nparticularly of the women and children as well as the perception of the IGVGDP women \non their well-being. Data were collected through focus group discussions (FGDs). Six \nvillages of Tangail thana were randomly selected and 6 FGDs were conducted with \nIGVGDP participants in September and October 1995. j\\_,fajor issues discussed during the \nFGDs were: training of the poultry workers and key rearers, credit schemes for poultry \nrearing, vaccine/drugs, issue-based meetings, wheat distribution food availability, control \nover household resomces, women's status within the household and community, health \nand nutritional status and the sanitary conditions of the households. The study revealed that \nthe participating women had a great deal of interest in poultry rearing because the \ntechnology was traditionally known to them which could also integTate with their normal \nhousehold activities. Poultry workers had many responsibilities to prevent poultry mortality \nand they were highly respected by the villagers. Majority of the women were economically \nself-supportive and they vvere not dependent on the male members for poultry rearing. \nThey could improve the socioeconomic conditions through skill development training and \nother awareness programmes. Most IGVGDP women came to know about the common \ndiseases (diarrhoea. common cold, nightblindness, anaemia, etc.) through attending the bimonthly \nissue-based meetings. The study also shows that the participating women were \nmore conscious about health and nulrition-related issues and problems. The study further \nreveals that the women's mobility such as day to day contact with local Union Parishad . 40 \nu \nmembers and the development workers had been increased. They could gradually \novercome the problems which restricted their involvement into development activities and \ntheir attitudes had begun to change. The IGVGD programme reached the target \npopulation successfully and helped improve their socioeconomic conditions and nutritional status.
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2991452471