{"id":1405,"date":"2023-02-06T08:31:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T08:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/72.arrowhitech.net\/tn3\/aciarsdip\/?page_id=1405"},"modified":"2023-02-09T06:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:56:52","slug":"kalpanas-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/kalpanas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalpana\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1405\" class=\"elementor elementor-1405\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-232f1f56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"232f1f56\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4313985b\" data-id=\"4313985b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-668f43f9 inn-sulochanas-story elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"668f43f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-780ff683 col-mid\" data-id=\"780ff683\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dadaf2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dadaf2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kalpana\u2019s Story<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310f8b29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"310f8b29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A remarkable personal journey from farm labourer to technology promoter<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8399b elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3c8399b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=DWmB6J8d8es&quot;,&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/72.arrowhitech.net\\\/tn3\\\/aciarsdip\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/02\\\/Kalpana-Story-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1323,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Kalpana and her three children live in Mohonpur Village, Rangpur District, Bangladesh. \u00a0The family are minority Indigenous Christians and also landless.<\/p><p class=\"\">In Bangladesh, according to the FAO, 29 million households \u2013 about 88% of all households in the country \u2013 live in rural areas with roughly 80% of farm households classified as small (an average farm size of 0.35 hectares) and 29% of rural households who own no cultivatable land.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60689b05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60689b05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kalpana-Story-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1322\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kalpana-Story-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kalpana-Story-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kalpana-Story-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kalpana-Story-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kalpana walks out into her zero till maize field.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed8732d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ed8732d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Kalpana is one of the many millions of farmers in Bangladesh who have no option each year but to lease farmland to grow her rice and wheat crops that are the primary source of food for her family, with excess yields being sold for additional income. There is great risk involved with leasing land, and farmers often take loans with high interest that can be difficult to repay if yields are low. Farmers are experiencing the impact of climate change: erratic monsoon rains, floods, and untimely storms that have affected agricultural production in the past decade.<\/p><p class=\"\">In 2015, the Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) project began working in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of Bangladesh, India and Nepal with the aim of reducing poverty by making smallholder agriculture more productive, profitable and sustainable while safeguarding the environment and involving women. SRFSI is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimmyt.org\/\">International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement <\/a>(CIMMYT) in collaboration with a number of local partners including <a href=\"https:\/\/rdrsbangladesh.org\/\" target=\"\">RDRS Bangladesh<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14bc0338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14bc0338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1317\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-3-1568x1046.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A Department of Agriculture Extension officer points out a pest infestation in a rice crop.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62215f61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62215f61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">The SRFSI team began working with local farmers in Kalpana\u2019s village, introducing them to Conservation Agriculture-based Sustainable Intensification (CASI) practices and technologies.<\/p><p class=\"\">After seeing the farmer meetings and practical demonstrations taking place, Kalpana decided to join the project and offer up her own leased land to trial the zero till maize.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64bdfbc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64bdfbc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1316\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-4.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-4-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-4-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-4-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kalpana and other farmers sit inside a small agro-input shop and listen to a representative from ACI, an agri-input company working across Bangladesh.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66aaf874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66aaf874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"border-left\" data-animation-role=\"quote\"><h3><em>\u201cThis year I sowed maize with the (zero till) machine , this is the first time I used it. The difference is that before I used to do it with labourers I had to pay for, or then if I labored on it myself it\u2019d take the entire day. But now 3-4 hours and the sowing is done, so the time required is less, I have to put in less labour, I spend less money, these are the differences I have observed. There will also be a slightly higher profit with this (farming practice).\u201d<\/em><\/h3><\/blockquote><p>Since adopting the CASI practices Kalpana has been able to see the obvious benefits on her own land and as a result has become a passionate ambassador for the project. Kalpana is actively involved in her community and other neighbouring villages assisting to run workshops that enable new smallholders to be exposed to CASI practices in Rangpur District of Bangladesh.<\/p><p>So far the SRFSI project has reached more than 200,000 farmers across Bangladesh, Nepal, and in the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-73a79da1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73a79da1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-780bfea7\" data-id=\"780bfea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766462e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"766462e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1315\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kalpanas-story-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640c9891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"640c9891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kalpana sits and talks with a group of fellow female farmers from her village in Bangladesh. As part of SRFSI, women have been actively engaged in learning about and also adopting new CASI farming practices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad05c46 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"ad05c46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aciarsdip\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalpana\u2019s Story A remarkable personal journey from farm labourer to technology promoter https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DWmB6J8d8es Kalpana and her three children live in Mohonpur Village, Rangpur District, Bangladesh. \u00a0The family are minority Indigenous Christians and also landless. 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