Mitigating Risk and Scaling-Out Profitable Cropping System Intensification Practices in the Salt-Affected Coastal Zone of the Ganges Delta

MOHAMMED MAINUDDIN; RICHARD W.  BELL; SUKANTA KUMAR SARANGI; MD. MANIRUZZAMAN; JORGE L.  PENA-ARANCIBIA; DONALD S.  GAYDON; FAZLUL KARIM; MARTA MONJARDINO; MARK GLOVER; KOUSHIK BRAHMACHARI; RUPAK GOSWAMI; MD. MAZHARUL  ANWAR; EDWARD G.  BARRETT-LENNARD; YINGYING YU

doi:10.54894/JISCAR.42.1.2024.148094

Authors

MOHAMMED MAINUDDIN CSIRO Environment, Australia
RICHARD W. BELL Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA - 6150, Australia
SUKANTA KUMAR SARANGI ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture (CIWA), Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India
MD. MANIRUZZAMAN Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur - 1701, Bangladesh
JORGE L. PENA-ARANCIBIA CSIRO Environment, Australia
DONALD S. GAYDON CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia
FAZLUL KARIM CSIRO Environment, Australia
MARTA MONJARDINO CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia
MARK GLOVER CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia
KOUSHIK BRAHMACHARI Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur - 741 252, West Bengal, India
RUPAK GOSWAMI Faculty of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Narendrapur - 700 103, West Bengal, India
MD. MAZHARUL ANWAR Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur - 1701, Bangladesh
EDWARD G. BARRETT-LENNARD Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA - 6150, Australia
YINGYING YU CSIRO Environment, Australia

https://doi.org/10.54894/JISCAR.42.1.2024.148094

Keywords:

ACIAR, Climate change, Crop model, Fallow, Livelihood, Socio-economics

Abstract

The polders and islands in the salt-affected coastal zone of the Ganges Delta, home to approximately 15 million people in Bangladesh and 5 million in West Bengal, face challenges such as poverty, food insecurity, environmental vulnerability, and limited livelihood opportunities. Historically, agricultural production in these areas was mainly confined to the wet/Kharif season, with much of the land remaining fallow during the dry/Rabi season due to waterlogging, soil salinity, and perceived lack of irrigation water. Since 2015, researchers and NGOs from Australia, Bangladesh, and India collaborated on the project "Cropping system intensification in the salt-affected coastal zones of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India" to sustainably increase cropping intensity and productivity in this area. During 2015-2021, the project has made significant achievements and has demonstrated strategies that are likely to increase productivity, cropping intensity, and livelihoods of the people. However, to maintain these gains and address risks like climate change impacts, untimely rainfall, and market fluctuations, further research was deemed necessary. Thus, ACIAR funded Phase 2 of the project for 2021-2025 which aims to sustain and enhance the achievements. This special issue presents some research findings on projected climate change, agronomic experiments, irrigation and drainage management, and social and economic issues conducted under the project Phase 2 in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.

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