This article presents a case study of an activity implemented under the FAO component of the Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation Project funded by UNDP in Bangladesh. In Mymensingh city the project is linking poor urban dwellers with a niche market for oyster mushroom. This small enterprise activity appears to be sustainable in that it develops agricultural production to cater for the specific demand of an existing small marketing enterprise.
David Harrison, Professor of Tourism at the International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University, and Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London
Barbara Adolph Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, UK