fév 16, 2015
Vertical Gardens Help Bangladesh Farmers Overcome Salty Soil | Voice of America
In Bangladesh, more land is becoming salty and unfit for growing crops. It’s a pressing problem in this densely-populated country where most people farm for a living. But even on saline land...
CGIAR Climate's insight:
WorldFish Center, an international non-profit, introduced vertical gardens in Bangladesh.
Dr. Craig Meisner, South Asia country director for WorldFish Center, based in Dhaka, said, “There is no country with such population density where natural resources are stretched to their very limits.”
He added that if climate change adaptation “fails here it will certainly fail in many other countries. However, if it succeeds here it gives hope for the world’s future.”