An Observation of Bangladesh Rural Deveopment through Bari-Biti (Home Garden)

The i ( home compound and garden) in rural Bangladesh is important for local people not only for producing fruit and vegetables but also for providing nlral women who are not allowed freely to step out the banLbiti with prime living and working space A detailed inventory was made of all plant resources of the bari ' of Dakhsin Chamuria village A " plant book " was edited and published in cooperation with the villagers who have a thorough working knowledge of local plant resources The authors leamed through a " home garden development program " advocated by an agricultural extension worker in the Thana that the only kind of program likely to succeed would be one which enhances the indigenous 5style and contrivance " developed by villagers through time tested interaction with the enVlronment Some closelywoven territorial societies of women were identified on the basis of livi space radius of daily life daily interaction and kinship and social relations These territorial societies were used as the unit of communicating and disseminating information on rural development activities being undertaken by the JSRDE Project team 1