Around 600 farmers have adopted the method which played a critical role in maintaining agricultural production.
Farmers from Bangladesh have revived a 200-year-old agriculture practice using rafts as a secure platform for farming. Due to the threat of prolonged waterlogging threat farmers have started using the ancient method of farming. According to the local media around 600 farmers have adopted the method which played a critical role in maintaining agricultural production.
Due to the low-lying area, Bangladesh is considered the most climate-vulnerable country, with the impact of rising water levels by storms, floods and erosion. According to the Global Climate, Risk Index 2021 Bangladesh was ranked seventh in the list of countries suffering from climate change between 2000 and 2019.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, rising sea levels and coastal erosion could cause Bangladesh to lose 17 per cent of its land surface and 30 per cent of food production by 2050.
Cyclones from the Bay of Bengal frequently hit Bangladesh and global warming has changed the rainfall pattern, due to which farming has become vulnerable in the country.
