Agriculture Development & Rural Development
MRC delivers expertise to improve sustainable development for primary industries including agriculture, fisheries, forestry, livestock, food security and rural development. It covers all stages of the project cycle, from planning and implementation to monitoring and evaluation. The main focus is to enhance resource utilization for expanding and extending production through matching of invaluable indigenous knowledge and appropriate technology in an environmentally sustainable manner and marketing the produce for economic activity in rural areas. Scope of services in this field includes: Agricultural production, processing and marketing; Diversification of rural economies; Livelihoods development and poverty reduction; Rural entrepreneurship and enterprise development; Community development; Agriculture and livestock training and extension; Local planning, construction and management of rural infrastructure
Water Resources Management
MR Consultants provides a full complement of consulting for developing resources development and management strategies to make the most of limited resources while serving multiple stakeholders. MRC’s knowledge and ability to understand and translate issues related to water resource management within the business environment will serve to create innovative solutions that will work to meet significant challenges in water management. MRC offers services in this sector with particular specialization in policy development and analysis, developing stakeholder involvement processes to find win-win solutions to water-management issues, and recommending policy approaches that incentivize “beyond-compliance” actions and environmental restoration, institutional development, development of agriculture and allied fields, environment management, Impact evaluation, pre-investment and feasibility studies of water resources development projects, monitoring and evaluation of irrigation, water management, and drainage and flood control projects.
Water Supply, Sanitation and Waste Water
MR Consultants (MRC) offers a wide range of services for water supply, sanitation and hygiene projects. Eighty percent of the people without access to safe drinking water live in rural areas. MRC work with different donor and government agencies to supply safe drinking water in rural areas and maintain the sustainability of rural water systems, from hand pumps to more elaborate systems and promote public-private partnerships to serve areas where appropriate. Understanding the increased demand of the rapidly escalating urban population, MR delivers most appropriate technical services for developing infrastructure facilities in urban water supply, wastewater management and re-use. MRC also helps to develop appropriate selection of institutional frameworks, operations and management arrangements, policies for pricing, subsidies and promote partnerships with the private sector. Globally, an estimated 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation. MRC provides demand- responsive, cost-effective, safe sanitation and hygiene promotion services in rural and urban areas to improve and protect human health as well as the environment.
GPS Survey GIS/ Digitized Mapping and Development of DEM
MRC’s geospatial, mapping and survey services deliver clients the ability to make informed decisions based on access to all relevant spatial data. We use state-of-the-art technology including GIS, CAD, digital imagery, LIDAR and photogrammetry to provide detailed, site-specific information, identify potential issues, manage assets across large geographic regions in real time, and streamline projects to save clients time and money. Our personnel use high-tech equipments to record detailed data in the field, provide innovative solutions to upload and assess multiple layers of complex data, and operate top-of-the-line software to simplify complex data into presentable, user-friendly formats such as interactive web-based formats.Our prepared Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) are useful for determining physical variables such as slope and aspect ratios that are useful in various hydrological computations e.g. run-off, storage, stream flow, water levels etc.
Communication & Awareness Building Program
MRC provides consultancy services in Strategic Communication, which includes information, education and communication for behavior change and development, makes use of an expanding mass media, new technologies, and creative ideas in communication to influence social behavior. The communication services are provided effectively in the arena of health, education, agriculture, democracy and governance and other social development sectors. Scope of services in this field includes: Building awareness regarding different critical social issues using mass communication media and increasing knowledge and influencing behavior by providing training.
Disaster Management & Climate Change
MR Consultants has developed resources to meet the needs of our clients to respond to the challenges of this global issue. It is uniquely qualified to address climate change with our multidisciplinary approach to planning and environmental review. MRC has the capability to provide strategic advice as either an extension of in-house staff or as a third party providing initiation, development, education, outreach, review and oversight of climate change policies, programs, and implementation measures. services in this field includes: Developing effective and appropriate emission reduction measures, mitigation strategies, and adaptation programs, Reducing climate change and adapting policies and assisting our clients to understand and implement climate change legislation.
Environmental Engineering Services
Environmental engineering services include water and air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, and public health issues. Environmental engineers conduct hazardous-waste management studies in which they evaluate the significance of the hazard, offer analysis on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps. MR’s services also attempts to minimize the effects of acid rain, global warming, automobile emissions, and ozone depletion. Scope of services includes: Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), Environmental Management Plan (EMP), Environmental & Social Assessment (ESA), Contaminated site assessment and remediation, Environmental impact assessment (EIA), Environmental management guidelines and audit, Environmental planning
Micro Finance& Poverty Alleviation
MRC offers a full range of services for poverty alleviation through micro-finance and institutional capacity building of Government and NGOs. The scope of services in this field includes: Designing and implementing microfinance programs and designing appropriate credit delivery mechanisms; Training the poor beneficiaries and the staff involved in the credit delivery system and preparing training materials. The training includes raising awareness, skill development, enterprise development, and management of individual livelihood activities.
Poverty Alleviation and Rural Institutions Development
Poverty alleviation continues to remain the cardinal objective of the successive Five Year Plans in Bangladesh. The Govt. is now with the help of various donor agencies working to develop a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) where policy and development programmes will have focus on poverty alleviation and rural development. As a sensitive multi-disciplinary consulting firm, MRC is committed to making a difference. Since the inception, MRC has deployed the full range of skills needed to ensure that the poor themselves have a voice in shaping their future. MR Consultants offers a unique combination of technical excellence, a listening ear, and a commitment to a realistic approach to pro- poor development. The development efforts of MR Consultants particularly in the areas of poverty alleviation and rural development include: Participatory Planning Processes, Labour based technology, Practical application of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach, Poverty Impact Assessments, Training for community participation, Institutional Development and decentralized service provision, Identification of sustainable and innovative income generating activities for the rural poor, group development for the poor women for economic and social empowerment, awareness development and social preparation, micro-credit needs assessment, delivery and management, small enterprise development, capacity building and institutional strengthening of agencies involved in project implementation for poverty alleviation and rural development etc.
Socio-Economic, Institutional Studies and Policy Making
Consultants/Professionals Experts under these disciplines of MR Consultants have the competency in carrying out socio-economic and institutional studies, which include demographic studies, regional economic development studies, studies on cultural and traditional aspects, infrastructure facilities, requirements of institutional set up and its re-structuring analysis, which is mostly needed to implement various management plans, can be effectively worked out by the concerned experts/specialists of MR Consultants.
