COVID-19: ICCO Provides Extra Agri-Inputs for 5,000 Farmers
ICCO trains 5,000 farmers in the coastal areas of Bangladesh to start growing salt tolerant crops. These are natural varieties of crops that do grow on saline soil. Thanks to a contribution from the Dutch Postcode Lottery, farmers can now make their salt-affected land productive again. This will improve their food security as well as their income.
Bangladesh
Start project2017
Efforts to solve soil salinization, have been mainly aimed at reducing salt concentrations in the soil. But the means used for that are expensive and their effects are short-lived. Also they damage the soil and the crops .This innovative project turns this growing problem into a sustainable solution. Instead of fighting the salt in the soil, we want salt-affected soil to become productive again. That is possible by introducing varieties of well-known crops that do grow on salt affected land.
ICCO trains 5,000 farmers in the coastal areas of Bangladesh, teaching them how to grow salt tolerant crops. These are natural varieties of crops that do grow on saline soil. This improves their food security as well as their income.