Introduction of floating gardening in the north-eastern wetlands of Bangladesh for nutritional security and sustainable livelihood

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Irfanullah, Haseeb Md ^a   Adrika, Ahana ^a   Ghani, Abdul ^b   Khan, Zakir Ahmed ^c   Rashid, Md Abdur ^b  

^a Bangladesh Country Office   (Bangladesh)

^b Environment and GIS Unit   (Bangladesh)

^c Kishoreganj Regional Office   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Food security; Homestead gardening; Natural resources; Weed control; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARABLE FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROPONICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WEED CONTROL; WETLAND;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 44449091077     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507002074     Document Type: Article

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