Women micro-entrepreneurs proposed as participants.
Open for funding · Project Lotus · Bogra → Dhaka
Keep flowers in condition until payment.
Grade, condition and move each lot to buyer acceptance and settlement.
Follow one lot ↓Context · Bogra → Dhaka
Flower quality falls after harvest.
A saleable flower can lose condition before payment. Lotus tests whether lot identity, handling and buyer requirements can stay intact from Bogra to settlement.
The proposed hubs add handling and cold-chain capacity where the route proves it is needed, with training and household support around participating producers.
Project source · Project Lotus proposal · January 2026. Figures and asset quantities on this page are proposal targets unless stated otherwise.
Proposed aggregation hubs at Mohasthan and Gokul.
Proposed programme duration.
Proposed route from flower handling to buyer acceptance and settlement.
Crop Intelligence · Flowers · 2024–25
Bogra ranks #8 in recorded flower production.
Bogra has a recorded flower base, but it is far smaller than Jashore. Before fixed cold-chain assets are funded, Lotus still needs to show enough volume and buyer demand.
Read the evidence in Insights →
63.1 trecorded Bogra production
9.3 harecorded flower area
0.18%share of recorded district production
33,341 tJashore, the #1 district
#1Jashore33,341 t
#8Bogra63.1 t
Bogra is eighth in the 64-district recorded set.
BBS Yearbook of Agricultural Statistics 2025 · 2024–25 district flower components. Bogra accounts for about 0.18% of recorded district flower production.
Open Flowers in Crop Intelligence →One lot · six handoffs
Follow one lot.
The route is the project. Each handoff must preserve what the next one needs, and buyer acceptance must remain separate from payment.
Grow · Lot 01
Identify the lot before grading.
Link the lot to the grower record before it moves.
- Must hold
- Lot identity stays attached.
- Next handoff
- Grade against the agreed requirement.
Hypothetical buyer outcome
Test only. No buyer outcome is evidenced for Lotus.
Proposed delivery
What funding would establish.
The proposal identifies cold rooms, refrigerated movement and handling as possible route assets. Final quantities should follow verified throughput, buyer demand, ownership and operating economics.
- ConditioningUp to 2 × 5 MT
Two solar-hybrid cold rooms are proposed, released only where measured throughput and operating economics justify them.
- MovementUp to 2 vehicles
1.5-ton refrigerated movement is proposed for Bogra → Dhaka, conditional on verified route demand and operating economics.
- HandlingUp to 10,000 crates
Vented crates and grading tables are proposed, with quantities matched to verified participants and throughput.
- SkillsUp to 1,000 women
Hands-on training in handling, grading and packaging.
- Health + learningAt confirmed hubs
Telemedicine, basic diagnostics and digital learning support are proposed where hub sites are confirmed.
- RecordsCrate-level logs
Digital traceability and service-use records proposed across the route.
Project source · Project Lotus proposal · January 2026. Asset quantities are proposal targets and remain conditional on verified demand, ownership and operating economics.
Commercial reality
Buyer terms decide whether the route closes.
Acceptance is not payment. The buyer's response, any deduction and the payment terms have to be recorded before the lot can close.
- Agreed grade and volumeRecord what the buyer expects before dispatch.
- Acceptance or rejectionRecord what the buyer accepts, rejects or discounts.
- Deductions and payment termsRecord what changes the amount and when payment is due.
- Lot recordKeep the record from Bogra through settlement.
Allocation
Where the money goes.
Authorised reference mix. Colour marks category, while the percentage and bar length carry the value.
Environment60%
Conditional cold-chain + movement
Education26.7%
Technical training
Health13.3%
Telemedicine + diagnostics
Livelihood0%
No direct allocation
After the grant
Can the route keep running?
Cold storage and transport, if commissioned, are proposed to charge a service fee. Women would be linked to existing banks and MFIs for finance, rather than a project-funded loan.
Before fundingConfirm who runs the assets, what users pay and whether the route can cover its operating costs.
Project source · Project Lotus proposal · January 2026.
Open for funding
Fund the route from harvest to settlement.
24 months · Bogra → Dhaka