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Earth, Climate, and Change: Observing Human Impact #3513 How people are adapting to climate change and fighting food insecurity
Metadata
Date: October 3, 2006
Location: Bangladesh
Photographer: unknown
Source: Practical Action
Caption
How people are adapting to climate change and fighting food insecurity.
For people who live in areas covered by water during the monsoon season, such as the riverine areas of Bangladesh, it is impossible to grow crops. Practical Action has developed a technology to allow farmers to grow food on flooded land.
The floating garden is a clever solution that employs the use of water hyacinth, which is collected to construct a raft. This is then covered with soil and cow dung, in which vegetables can be planted. A new raft needs to be built every year, but the old one can be used as fertilizer during the dry season.
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