Ganges project on polders attracts additional funding

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Research ThemeEnhancing Sustainable Agriculture

A new project funded by USAID to improve productivity in Bangladesh is building on the advances made in the WLE Project Community water management for improved food security, nutrition and livelihoods in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh.

Joba Mondal at Rice-Fish site which was set up as part of the Ganges project to improve productivity in 'polders communities' in coastal Bangladesh.

Mohammad Mahabubur Rahman/WorldFish.

The new project, titled 'Unlocking the production potential of polder communities in coastal Bangladesh through improved resource use efficiency and diversified cropping systems,' is being implemented by Kansas State University and its Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL) with funding from USAID.

The proposed SIIL project will build on the findings of research done under the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food and WLE, and takes advantage of the progress already achieved in collaboration with local communities and the Blue Gold Program. In active collaboration with the WLE project and the farming community, the project will evaluate and adapt a suite of improved cropping system options. It will also share ideas and findings with the new Cereal Systems Intensification for South Asia (CSISA).

The WLE Project is implemented by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Bangladesh, with support from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), BRAC, Shushilan, and the Institute of Water Modeling.