List of rejected project concepts and proposals

Date received	Name of applicant	Proposal topic
24/03/2015	EcoStories	Improved Cooking Stoves
22/06/2015	Winning Agro	TA on calf rearing and product placement
22/07/2015	Twijnstra Gudde	Study wind and tidal energy
17/09/2015	MetaMeta	Biological rodent control
03/12/2015	Matrix Consultancy	Strengthening cattle supply chain
01/03/2016	Patuakhali University	Carp & Tilapia hatchery
21/03/2016	Practical Action	Crab market study
07/05/2016	Dutch Water Partners	Feasibility study on commercial water filtration
10/02/2016	Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (part of GIZ )	Collaboration on improved cookstove dissemination
23/12/2015	Witteveen & Bos	Scoping mission on small scale dredging
24/09/2016	JADE	Study on sheep rearing feasibility in BGP
25/09/2016	BASD	Women Empowerment – Fostering Entrepreneurship of Organic Vegetables and Fish
23/09/2016	Wageningen University	Information service for water logging
10/06/2016	Next Billion	Mobile movies Blue Gold platform
03/10/2016	LCP	Potato processing in BG polders
16/06/2015	BARI	Hydroponics
20/07/2016	BARI	Irrigation technology
04/04/2016	Classical Handmade Products	Handicraft production Sathkira
09/06/2016	Urban Wetlands	Floating Units for Sustainable Water treatment and Agriculture
02/06/2016	Center for River, Harbor & Landslide Research	Climate based adaption against riverbank failure
14/07/2016	Multisourcing	Digital Farmer Field Schools
20/07/2016	SPS	Non-electric fridge
08/09/2016	North South University	Application of hybrid dryer for agriculture purposes
14/08/2016	BAU	Turkey Rearing
25/09/2016	Errorlab	Automatic solar irrigation system
05/10/2016	Lalteer	Off-season vegetable production
20/12/2016	FlexBase	Floating Agriculture
11/01/2017	Kaizen CR	Digital Marketplace
03/06/2017	Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University	Water fowl (ducks) for food and nutrition security and income generation
30/05/2017	Practical Action	Scale-up of aqua geoponics
22/06/2017	Prottyon	Strengthening resilient agriculture and diversified livelihoods for enhancing food security
08/07/2017	SAE Import & Export	Linkage network of international farmers
09/07/2017	PEACE	Livelihood development for vulnerable women
09/08/2017	Trimpact BV	DevSAT collaboration for development sector
10/08/2017	SISEER foundation	Introduce climate resilience agriculture in coastal area
31/08/2017	Rexil-Agro BV & BAU	Silicic acid agro technology (SAAT)
01/09/2017	Klerkx Training and Gelukkige mensen.nl	Training services
05/09/2017	Uitgeverij Tattwa	Booklets
09/10/2017	eProd Solutions	Software for agricultural production
12/03/2017	Nice Foundation	Developing pig-mear value chain
06/03/2017	Aid Environment	Feasibility study on enhancing water availability
25/05.2017	BOP Inc	VR in training
29/08/2017	Edam Kistemaker	Windmill for polder areas
05/09/2017	Silverpit Port Maritime	Maintenance and repairs maritime/ technical equipment
19/06/2017	CDR International	MAR upscale for agriculture irrigation
11/07/2017	Geophix	Fish friendly treatment pumps to improve water quality of surface water bodies
09/09/2017	DoubenConsult	Low-cost water level monitoring network
21/05/2017	SHARE Bangladesh	Women Empowerment in Agriculture
09/07/2017	WUR Plant International	Extra K+ fertilization for watermelon and mung bean
08/08/2017	Huizing Harvest BV	Mechanisation solutions
27/08/2017	VSO	Youth Business Support Consultants
12/09/2017	Seolfor	Moringa plantations
20/09/2017	BioMyGreen	Organic seed coating with Mycorrhiza yeast
30/09/2017	FarmerTree Services & Away4Africa	Polder Farm Planner
23/10/2017	Eijkelkamp	Soil testing kits
27/12/2017	SUNFARM	Sunflower cultivation
27/12/2017	TECH-GEN	Smart Poultry Farm
28/12/2017	Regen	Waste management
30/01/2018	SACO Enterprise	Strengthen WMGs through involving in community agro-business development.
31/01/2018	PSTU, Dr. Moazzem Hossain	Cage culture technique of stinging catfish
05/03/2018	FutureWater	Potential FutureWater innovations for Blue Gold area.
15/02/2018	Single Spark & BoP	FeedCalculator: Empowering smallholder livestock and fish farmers in Khulna and Sathkira district
16/02/2018	PSTU, Dr. Md. Anwar Hossain Mondal	Crab fattening
08/10/2017	Aspire & Insects4All	Insect Fish Feed
17/04/2018	Witteveen+Bos	Salinity and waterlogging control
30/04/2018	Nice Foundation	Community-based production of the plant ‘moringa oleifera’ (sajna tree) to promote livestock farming in south-west BD.
02/06/2018	PSTU	Embedding Crop Diversity and Sustainable Intensive Crop Production Systems in the Polders of the Coastal Zone
15/03/2018	Khulna University	NutriVITA: An integrated approach for socio-economic development of the marginal fish farmers through species-optimization using low-lost feeds
12/07/2018	C4RE Foundation	Community based sustainable bio energy systems  for  biogas production from water hyacinth
12/07/2018	AID Foundation	Turning Pestilence into Promise: Revitalising Coastal Polders Through Holistic Community Based Management of the Canals
05/03/2018	Acacia	A new design for Managed Aquifer Recharge for Agriculture
10/05.2018	PEACE	Cage culture would be the alternative livelihood option of rural poor women in Polder Community
28/05/2018	Ideal step for sustainable development (ISSD)	Strengthening Women’s Ability for Sustainable Livelihood
31/05/2018	PSTU	Improvisation of Homestead Plantation towards Disaster Resilience and Nutritional Security in the Coastal BGP Area
15/07/2018	Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)	Management of excessive water hyacinth in selected water bodies and assessing their potential re-use of waste water treatment aimed at eco-friendly livestock/poultry feed production for sustainable livestock development in Bangladesh
15/07/2018	PARIBARTAN-Khulna	Establishing an effective water hyacinth control mechanism through alternative agriculture knowledge sharing amongst farmers in the BGP area in Patuakhali
15/07/2018	Practical Action	Resource Farmers Development for Introduction of Floating Vegetable Bed and Economical Utilization of Water Hyacinth at Catchment Level of Polder 55/2A + Polder 55/2C (Patuakhali).
15/07/2018	Win Miaki Ltd	Integrated beneficial management of Water Hyacinth
11/07/2018	Acacia Water B.V.	Freshwater pockets for Agriculture
12/07/2018	AgriWatch B.V. & GeoInfoSolutions	Improved information in agriculture for adaptation of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) best practices in coastal Region,
15/07/2018	AIRN	Alternate livelihoods through climate resilient farming
15/07/2018	LEDARS	Promoting climate adaptation through Climate Smart Agriculture and water Management Technologies.
10/07/2018	Protect Environment from Adverse Climate Change (PEACE)	Environmental Friendly and Climate change adaptive Livelihood Development for Vulnerable Women and other poor’s living in polder area.
12/07/2018	PSTU	Improvisation of Homestead Plantation towards Socio-economic Development and Nutritional Security in the Coastal BGP Area
12/07/2018	PSTU	Exploring Sustainable Intensive Crop Production Systems in the Polders of the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
15/07/2018	CNRS	Smart Agricultural Resilience-building  Technologies (SMART) in coastal zone of Bangladesh
15/07/2018	SACO	Carp Fish Fattening and live fish marketing Technology is an alternative income generating option of Polder Community under the BGP area
13/07/2018	Accel-agro	Kandanath & Turkey production & supply chain
14/07/2018	Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)	Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Through Duck Farming: Use of fe-oiled rice bran as a novel source of protein to grow meat (Pekin) ducks in Bangladesh
15/07/2018	Loving Care for the Oppressed Society	PRODUCTION OF HYDROPONIC GREEN FODDER FOR ECO-FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE MILK PRODUCTION
10/07/2018	Protect Environment from Adverse Climate Change (PEACE)	Duck rearing would be the sustainable livelihood option of rural poor among the Polder Community.
15/07/2018	C4RE Foundation	Fruit village establishment in the polder area adopting tree improvement and management technology.
15/07/2018	Prottyon	Empowerment of Women through involving in Community Based Fruit Tree Nursery
15/07/2018	AgriProFocus	Making Agribusiness Work for Development in Blue Gold Polders
14/07/2018	RedOrange	The TransFarmer Challenge
14/07/2018	RedOrange	PaniNet- Knowledge Platform on Water Management
14/07/2018	SHARE-Bangladesh	Capacitate Rural Women to Coping Climate Change Adaptation
31/01/2017	LCP	Farmer Market Place
18/12/2017	Action Aid	Unpaid care work
04/04/2018	TubeBarrier	PWS -Popup Water Storage
14/02/2018	Green Soil Bag	Low cost revetment of embankments with soil bags filled with grass seeds
04/05/2018	Ashroy Foundation	Eco- friendly use of Water Hyacinth in Production of Vegetable at the Bank of Canals
10/07/2018	PEACE	Resource Farmers Development for Introduction of Floating Vegetable Bed and Economical Utilization of Water Hyacinth at Catchment Level of Polder 55/2A and Polder 55/2C Patuakhali.
15/07/2018	C4RE Foundation	Introduction of pot culture Practice of Vegetable for vegetable production in the homestead of WMG members for Food and nutritional Security in polder area.
11/07/2018	Carthago & WUR	Exploring community-led water management strategies: Serious Gaming
23/06/2018	SaafConsult BV & Kumudini Welfare Trust	Testing Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) based products for commercial use
15/04/2018	Delft University of Technology, JJS and Both Ends	Building local capacity of water management groups/associations (through collective choice problem solving)

Technical Assistance

Blue Gold Program

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute

Farmer Field School - A group-based learning process through which farmers carry out experiential learning activities that help them to understand the ecology of their fields, based on simple experiments, regular field observations and group analysis. The knowledge gained from these activities enables participants to make their own locally specific decisions about crop management practices. This approach represents a radical departure from earlier agricultural extension programmes, in which farmers were expected to adopt generalized recommendations that are formulated by specialists from outside the community.

Bangladesh Agricultural University

A livelihood is a way of making a living. It comprises capabilities, skills, assets (including material and social resources), and activities that households put together to produce food, meet basic needs, earn income, or establish a means of living in any other way.

Sub-Assistant Engineer (BWDB)

Value chain - the set of activities that need to be performed in a specific production sector in order to deliver the end product to the consumer. Agricultural value chains typically include input supply, growing/production, processing and marketing/distribution.

An area of low-lying land surrounded by an earthen embankment to prevent flooding by river or seawater, with associated structures which are provided to either drain excess rainwater within the polder or to admit freshwater to be stored in a khal for subsequent use for irrigation.

Wageningen University and Research Centre

Water Management Group - The basic organizational unit in Blue Gold representing local stakeholders from a hydrological or social unit (para/village). Through Blue Gold, 511 WMGs have been formed and registered. The average WMG covers an area of around 230 ha has 365 households or a population of just over 1,500.

Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Soil is regarded as waterlogged when it is nearly saturated with water much of the time such that its air phase is restricted and anaerobic conditions prevail. In agriculture, various crops need air (specifically, oxygen) to a greater or lesser depth in the soil. Waterlogging of the soil stops air getting in. How near the water table must be to the surface for the ground to be classed as waterlogged, varies with the purpose in view. A crop's demand for freedom from waterlogging may vary between seasons of the year.

Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services

Resource Farmers (RF) are members of Farmer Field Schools (FFSs). They are selected from the FFS groups to lead other members in organizing different useful collective actions and to maintain networks on behalf of the members. These RFs are given additional capacity building training to enhance their knowlege on simple record keeping and business skills.

Water Management Group - The basic organizational unit in Blue Gold representing local stakeholders from a hydrological or social unit (para/village). Through Blue Gold, 511 WMGs have been formed and registered. The average WMG covers an area of around 230 ha has 365 households or a population of just over 1,500.