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"In Bangladesh, river flooding is a fact of life — and it creates islands of
floodplain sediments known as chars. Around five percent of the country’s area
consists of these transitional lands, which form on the banks of rivers due to
flooding or a change in course of the rivers.
Such lands on the banks of the three main rivers — Brahmaputra, Padma (the
local name for the Ganges in Bangladesh) and the Meghna — are inhabited by
poor, vulnerable communities who have been displaced from their homes and who
desperately need a way to earn a livelihood. A farming technique known as
sandbar cropping, which was developed in 2005, has been a boon to these
displaced communities, providing them with a supplemental income.
Recent research reveals that in 2014 to 2015, sandbar cultivation enabled the
production of 10.31 metric tons of pumpkins per hectare of land previously
considered useless. As of 2020, it was estimated that sandbar cropping was
being used on 4,500 hectares."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
