Conservation agriculture leads to remarkable improvement in crop production and livelihood of farmers in Bangladesh
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 07:21
in Earth & Climate
Bangladesh, one of the densest countries in terms of population with about 1000 people living per square kilometre, has always been under huge pressure to feed its growing population. Intensive agricultural practice, which involves mono-cropping and use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, helped boost productivity initially. However, these approaches involved little or no replenishments of used up organic matter and so generations of unsustainable farming methods have resulted in deterioration of soil quality.