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Keyhole garden farming offers farmers the opportunity to increase production while decreasing garden area.

• Compiler: Aqila Haidery
• 10/19/2015 9:58 a.m.

Choi Jhal (Piper chaba), locally called morich lota is a creeping vine that is grown in homesteads of saline areas. It is adapted to soil salinity, grows under shade and is a very high value crop. It remains green throughout the year, reducing evapotranspiration from the soil and hence reduces …

• Compiler: Jalal Uddin Md. Shoaib
• 05/09/2020 7:15 a.m.

The inclusive, flood-resilient cluster village provides safe housing, food security and income generation for multiple families, including persons with disabilities, in a highly flood prone area of Gaibandha District in northern Bangladesh. The land was raised above flood level and is protected by deep rooted fruit trees to prevent soil …

• Compiler: Subir Saha
• 03/23/2017 12:48 p.m.

The Keyhole Garden model of homestead vegetable cultivation enhances the resilience of families living in areas with climate-related hazards, such as flooding and drought. Keyhole gardens have been shown to increase vegetable production in all seasons, thereby improving household food autonomy and dietary diversity.

• Compiler: John Brogan
• 11/29/2016 6 p.m.

Floating Garden is a traditional technology, practiced in the southern parts of Bangladesh locally called “Baira” or “Dhap”. The technology allows producing crops, vegetables and seedlings in areas where farming land is scarce and where the land is flodded or water logged for more than six months in a year.

• Compiler: Shamim Ahamed
• 10/09/2016 11:31 a.m.

Vermicomposting is the practice of composting organic waste products with the aid of various types of worms. These worms aid the decomposition of organic materials, including kitchen leftovers and yard trash, resulting in the production of compost that is abundant in nutrients.

• Compiler: Karma Wangdi
• 07/22/2023 7:42 a.m.

This technology involves the cultivation of crops around the house, including pomelos, lemons and other supplementary crops, with solely the application of cattle and chicken manure as fertilizer, whilst abstaining from the use of chemicals. The purpose of this technology is to obtain various products, generate a household income especially …

• Compiler: Be Gechkim
• 04/24/2017 3:14 a.m.

Home gardens, containing tree, shrub, herbs, vine, tuber layers as well as poultry, produce food for household consumption as well as an additional income.

• Compiler: Stefan Graf
• 10/17/2014 8:13 a.m.

Cultivation of mixed organic vegetables utilizing natural fertilizers and homemade pesticides so as to reduce expenditure on external agriculture inputs, as well as produce organic vegetables that safeguard both the producers’ and consumers’ health. This practice is mainly suitable for the maintenance and improvement of the soil’s fertility.

• Compiler: Sok Pheak
• 08/23/2017 4:04 p.m.

Práctica ancestral en forma de minireservorio construida para almacenar el agua proveniente de quebradas, vertientes o lluvias para luego distribuirla a las zonas de producción.

• Compiler: Pablo Caza
• 11/20/2017 7:59 p.m.