Improvement of Pineapple Qualities through Good Agricultural Practices of Madhupur Zone (IPGAP) is a sub-project under Sustainable Enterprise Project (SEP) financed by PKSF has been implementing in Madhupur, Chapri, Garobazar and Jalchhatra Branches of SSS under Tangail District since July 27, 2020. The goal of the project is to cultivate safe and quality pineapple by the means of practicing good agricultural principles.
The key objectives of the project are include: to ensure the supply of safe pineapple in the market, run sustainable business following environment-friendly approaches, make the stakeholders alert of health safety, extend the production of the pineapple through maintaining good agro-principles in the Modhupur Zone, and enhance capacity of the micro-entrepreneurs providing them with financial services, technical support and training. As on 30 June 2024, an amount of Tk. 112.09 crore was disbursed to 1,200 farmers and Demo Farm was 1,148.
Table: Activities IPGAP Project
| SL. | Particulars | Achievement
in 2023-24 |
Cumulative
on 30 June 2024 |
| 1. | District Coverage (No.) | 00 | 01 |
| 2. | Upazilla Coverage (No.) | 00 | 02 |
| 3. | Beneficiary (No. of Families) | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 4. | Credit Disbursement (Crore Tk.) | 32.42 | 112.09 |
| 5. | Ecological Demo Farm (No.) | 07 | 52 |
| 6. | Demo: on MD-2 (No.) | 0 | 19 |
| 7. | Demo: on Honey Queen (No.) | 0 | 02 |
| 8. | Demo: on Safe Pineapple Production (No.) | 50 | 1,148 |
| 9. | Demo: on Tricho Compost Plant (No.) | 45 | 95 |
| 10. | Arranging Workshop (No.) | 04 | 15 |
| 11. | Arrangement of Training (No. of Batch) | 05 | 77 |
| 12. | Arrangement of Field-day (No. of Batch) | 08 | 16 |
| 13. | Environment Card Distribution (No.) | 0 | 1,200 |
| 14. | Sign and Symbol Distribution (No.) | 00 | 2,000 |
| 15. | First Aid Box Distribution (No.) | 00 | 1200 |
| 16. | Poster Distribution (No.) | 00 | 2000 |
| 17. | Establishing of Community Toilet (No.) | 00 | 03 |
| 18. | Forming Environment Club (No.) | 02 | 12 |
*Mentioned, the project was kept in phasing out by PKSF on 31 January 2024.