Action Against Hunger - Bangladesh 274d ago

Satkhira and Jessore districts in the southwest of Bangladesh have long been suffering from waterlogging for more than two decades. People in the affected areas have to live with water, particularly when their homesteads remain underwater for more than six months. Chronic waterlogging has created a paradigm shift in the production system from a crop-based to an aquaculture-based production system. Smallholders (eg. marginal farmers) who depend on crop-based production have lost their livelihoods because of waterlogging. To support households severely affected by waterlogging, Action Against Hunger has undertaken an applied research trial of a new production model which is called “land and water-based production techniques through variedly elevated homestead approach” in 2017 with Khulna University. Over the years and following a successful trial period, the new production model is now ready for replication and future scale-up in the areas affected by waterlogging.