The Irish man who swapped the corporate world to help lift 100,000 Bangladesh farmers out of poverty

Mike Palmer getting feedback from a farmer's group in the Rangpur region of Bangladesh. Photo: Abir Abdullah

Majella O’Sullivan

Getting off the corporate treadmill was a motivating factor for Mike Palmer to move to Bangladesh where he has been helping farmers.

The business development expert from Innishannon, Co Cork has been using his skills to develop agriculture in rural Bangladesh, where holdings average from around one-tenth of an acre to one acre.