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Indigenous floating cultivation: a sustainable agricultural practice in the wetlands of Bangladesh

Isalm, T.; Atkins, P.J.

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T. Isalm



Abstract

Floating-bed cultivation has proved a successful means to produce agricultural crops in various wetland areas of the world. In freshwater lakes and wetlands, vegetables, flowers, and seedlings are grown in Bangladesh using this floating cultivation technique, without any additional irrigation or chemical fertiliser. No detailed study of this indigenous cultivation technique has been published to date, although the laboratory method, hydroponics, is well documented in the professional literature. Our study is focused on the nature and characteristics of the Bangladeshi system, where local farmers have demonstrated the potential for the sustainable use of such common-property local water resources. We seek to establish a reference point for further research into this technique for its possible refinement and an assessment of its suitability for replication.

Citation

Isalm, T., & Atkins, P. (2007). Indigenous floating cultivation: a sustainable agricultural practice in the wetlands of Bangladesh. Development in Practice, 17(1), 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520601092733

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Feb 1, 2007
Deposit Date Dec 12, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Development in Practice
Print ISSN 0961-4524
Electronic ISSN 1364-9213
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 1
Pages 130-136
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520601092733
Keywords Environment, Labour and livelihoods, Technology, South Asia.

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