Impact Assessment of Development Project: A Case Study of Small and Marginal Farmers Poverty Alleviation through the Post-Harvest Support Program of Grains Trading Projects in Bangladesh

The primary goal of this research is to assess the impact of the Grains Trading Projects' Post-Harvest Support Program on farmers' income. The research took place in districts of Mymensingh, Natore, Bogura & Dinajpur. Through the use of stratified random sampling, a total of 374 recipients were selected to constitute the study's sample. The research analyzed eleven distinct characteristics of the recipients as independent factors, unaffected by other variables, with the respondents income change during project activities being the dependent variable. Data was gathered from the participants through a meeting conducted in person. More than half (54.28%) of beneficiaries belonged to medium and high income change compared to 45.19% belong to low change income categories respectively. The research results indicated that out of the 11 variables examined, a total of 6 independent variables including land size, savings deposit, loan received, loan utilization, training received, and project participation, were found to have significant correlations (at the 0.5% and 1% level) with the dependent variable. The study revealed that six out of the 11 variables including land size, savings deposit, loan received, loan utilization, training received, and project participation showed significant correlation (0.5% and 1%) with the dependent variable. The correlation coefficient (r) is 0.370 and the coefficient of determination (R2) is 0.173 indicating that the combination of independent variables contributes to 17.30% of the total income change among respondents.