Location within country: Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Name of client: Winrock International, Business Development Service (BDS).

Duration of the Project: September 2004 to December, 2004

Narrative description of project and services provided

• Assess the facilities, raw material and process analysis of a compost fertilizer producer in the
• greater Rangpur area;
• Analysis of raw materials and present compost produced by them;
• Facilitate to improve/develop the composting technology for good quality compost production;
• Prepare an economic analysis on the cost and benefit of using identified appropriate and
• affordable composting technology;
• Analysis of finished compost produced by the semi aerobic composting technology;
• Recommendation of compost use in agriculture;
• Build up capacity of the local service provider to produce quality compost followed by appropriate composting technology to cater the need of the farmers;
• Prepare on economic analysis on the cost and benefit of using the identified appropriate and affordable technology of composting; and
• Recommend application dose of compost along with other chemical fertilizers for maize production in greater Rangpur.