Grassroots Voice
One of our principal vehicles for the dissemination of indigenous knowledge (IK) is an annual covering IK related articles from Bangladesh and the South Asian region.
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Research and Publication
BARCIK has been actively conducting various research initiatives and studies involving issues of agro-biodiversity, livelihood changes and access to natural resources. Having a capable staff well experienced in onsite research and equipped with contemporary participatory tools has led BARCIK to be a leading organization in social research.
Some of the leading Action Researches include:
- Local biodiversity based Farmers Led Applied Research for Sustainable Agriculture
- Peoples led development approach for sustainable development
- Action research on climate change adaptation by traditional means
- Action research on developing people’s plan of action.
BARCIK being a resource center primarily has managed to periodically publish journals and articles along with research reports to continually increase its own capacity of information and knowledge. The following is a brief list of the different publications produced by BARCIK
Trinamul Uddog (Grassroots Initiatives)
Geared towards grassroots-level extension workers, local development workers, NGOs, community-based organizations and farming communities, this annual Bengali journal is one of the of practical use to field workers.
Newsletter
BARCIK publishes a newsletter named ‘Amader Poribesh’ (Our environment) based on the grassroots stories and project outputs.
Online news portal "barciknews.com"
BARCIK is currently establishing and formally registering a web-based news service – www.barciknews.com– presenting news as well as background information and analysis on issues relevant for its work, which is also used for internal learning and strengthening the conceptual capacities of staff.
Besides its intended national relevance for issues around development, biodiversity, agriculture and environment, is also be used directly to share experiences and learning by this way from each other amongst staff, communities and other interested stakeholders.