UNB, Dhaka :
A project launching workshop of ‘Community water management for improved food security, nutrition and livelihoods in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh’ was held in the city on Wednesday.
The workshop was jointly organised by CGIAR research programs (CRP) on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE), and Global Rice Science partnership (GRiSP).
The participants of the workshop focused on planning for improving the infrastructure and water management in a pilot sub-polder, community water management in Ganges river basin, cropping system options (agricultural crops, Aman, aquaculture, rice+fish etc.), new livelihood opportunities for women, and monitoring and evaluation of changed practices by the community.
The main objective of this “Polder community water management” project is sustainable intensification to increase food, nutritional and livelihood security.
This project is an initiative of WLE program with the goal of reducing the problems of food insecurity in the polders of the coastal zone through the adoption of more resilient, productive, profitable and sustainable cropping.
The key to achieving this is improved drainage management, which can be achieved through small infrastructure improvements together with improved drainage management.
This will allow the adoption of improved agriculture technologies and cropping systems in the coastal zone, which missed out on the benefits of the Green Revolution.
Water management scientists, agricultural scientists, development practitioners and policymakers participated in the two-day workshop which was chaired by IRRI Representative for Bangladesh Dr Paul Fox. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is leading the project in close collaboration with BRRI, BRAC, WorldFish, IWM, Blue Gold, Shushilan and IWMI.
A project launching workshop of ‘Community water management for improved food security, nutrition and livelihoods in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh’ was held in the city on Wednesday.
The workshop was jointly organised by CGIAR research programs (CRP) on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE), and Global Rice Science partnership (GRiSP).
The participants of the workshop focused on planning for improving the infrastructure and water management in a pilot sub-polder, community water management in Ganges river basin, cropping system options (agricultural crops, Aman, aquaculture, rice+fish etc.), new livelihood opportunities for women, and monitoring and evaluation of changed practices by the community.
The main objective of this “Polder community water management” project is sustainable intensification to increase food, nutritional and livelihood security.
This project is an initiative of WLE program with the goal of reducing the problems of food insecurity in the polders of the coastal zone through the adoption of more resilient, productive, profitable and sustainable cropping.
The key to achieving this is improved drainage management, which can be achieved through small infrastructure improvements together with improved drainage management.
This will allow the adoption of improved agriculture technologies and cropping systems in the coastal zone, which missed out on the benefits of the Green Revolution.
Water management scientists, agricultural scientists, development practitioners and policymakers participated in the two-day workshop which was chaired by IRRI Representative for Bangladesh Dr Paul Fox. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is leading the project in close collaboration with BRRI, BRAC, WorldFish, IWM, Blue Gold, Shushilan and IWMI.
