Earthworms Farmer.
In Koerchala village, a large number of marginalized families have been changed their fate through organic agriculture and empowered themselves socio-economically. Jahanara is one of them produces vermicompost with the help of earthworms and cowdung. Koerchala is situated in Fulbaria upazila in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. Jahanara and her only son Jahangir could not start the business initially. They had to face some shortcomings in terms of money, training and marketing. In this case, a non profit organization named CCDB has provided them micro-credit with 0% interest rate and free training. After that Jahanara was able to start the business and sell it through their network. Nevertheless, Jahanara’s son Jahangir has got inspired to see his mother’s success. Now, Jahanara and her son have the vision to create more vermicompost through investing and spread it across the country.