DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2019.v06i11.004

Pages: 539-549

The aim of this study was to see the outcomes of the needs assessment of a poverty alleviation programme named STRENGTHENING PEOPLE`S ACTIONS FOR FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY (SAFOLLO) at Pirgachha, Rangpur, Bangladesh. The study facilitates to understand community’s demands and create scope to take demand-driven activities for socio-economic advancement of target groups. The results of the study showed that the needs-based services were more appropriate to lift communities out of poverty and suffering. Practical data & information of the study were collected from 218 respondents of six villages at two unions under Pirgachha upazilla of Rangpur district, Bangladesh by four different study instruments developed for conducting Individual`s interviews, KII, FGD & Self Assessment. This paper concludes that the results can assist the practitioners, policy makers, GO and NGO workers towards to invent an effective needs assessment tool for poverty alleviation programmes.