Project Overview

Organizational Ownership: SDC co-financed 66% of the total budget (BDT 1,20,31,100) from its internal development funds.

Operational Reach: Operating through 35 branch offices across 8 vulnerable districts in Dhaka, Khulna, and Chattogram divisions (Faridpur, Rajbari, Satkhira, Jhenaidah, Chuadanga, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban).

Core Strategy: Combining low-risk specialized credit, hands-on farm management training, preventive health services, and sustainable public-private veterinary linkages.

Goal & Key Objectives

Goal: To accelerate sustainable socioeconomic development, enhance household nutrition, and promote women & youth entrepreneurship by establishing commercial, climate-smart livestock enterprises.

• Credit Expansion: Mobilize customized livestock loans with mortality insurance.
• Capacity Building: Practical training on breed selection, balanced feed, and hygienic shelter.
• Healthcare Support: Free vaccination campaigns and health monitoring to reduce mortality.
• Market Linkages: Connect farmers with Local Service Providers (LSPs), SDC vets, and DLS.

Key Interventions

• Yard Meetings: Reached 15,000 farmers promoting credit & tech awareness.
• Capital Mobilization: Disbursed BDT 74 Crore in credit to 8,351 farmers.
• Training & Silage: Trained 8,000 farmers on high-protein fodder & silage processing.
• Vaccination: Covered livestock owned by 5,000 farmers with free vaccines.

Key Impact & Outcomes

• Zero-Risk Finance: Loans combined with mortality insurance that waives balance upon animal death.
• Cost Reduction: Regular medical checks and local fodder lower input costs.
• Women Empowerment: Women represent >90% of beneficiaries, creating over 2,000 female micro-entrepreneurs.

Commercial Livestock Clusters

Shifted traditional subsistence rearing into commercial scale enterprises across selected hubs

• Faridpur Sadar: Tulagram Cluster
• Talma Area: Gorail & Kalibari
• Sadarpur Upazila: Soterashi & Sonertek
• Hatkrishnapur: Nijgram Cluster