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World Bank-backed plan aims to turn 1,000 rural Bangladeshis into agri-entrepreneurs

Better Life Farming Bangladesh is training unemployed graduates as agri-entrepreneurs — not middlemen, but professional rural advisers in agronomy, business and digital tools — to serve over 250,000 farmers. The initiative targets more than 1,000 entrepreneurs with at least 20% women, double today's share, offering young people a modern future in agriculture.

The upbeat factorThe door is open for young farmers who never thought farming was theirs.
✓ Verified · World Bank · 2026-07-06 · Bangladesh
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