Farmers in northern Bangladesh find success in early planting of vegetables and using drought-tolerant rice variants

Agriculture is at risk in the northern districts of Bangladesh due to irregular rainfall, extreme heat, untimely flood and droughts. Depleting groundwater table is further adding to the problem. The situation is particularly severe in the districts of Rangpur, Kurigram and Nilphamari. To cope with this, local farmers, with support from the agricultural extension office, are shifting towards climate resilient farming techniques such as early planting of vegetables, use of less water intensive rice variants etc.