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Climate-friendly Agriculture of Bondhu Foundation

When it comes to food production, climate change poses a great threat for food security and put agricultural production at risk. To tackle climate change and minimize the adverse effects of climate change as well as ensure food security in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) has undertaken a project titled Climate-friendly Agriculture Project. 

To implement the project, BONDHU has taken two initiatives to continue and increase agricultural production through mitigation and adaptation to climate change – Small Farmer Agriculture Project and Climate-friendly Paddy Cultivation Project.

Objectives of Climate-Friendly Agriculture

Climate-friendly agriculture project

Small Farmer Agriculture Project

  • Reducing carbon emissions.
  • Increasing crop production through the development and conservation of soil health
  • Ensuring nutrition and food security through safe food production
Climate-friendly paddy cultivation project

Paddy Cultivation Project

  • Reducing carbon emissions.
  • Proper and frugal use of water with the method of alternate wetting and drying of farmland
  • Increasing paddy production by reducing production costs

                           Project Activities 

1. Small Farmer Agriculture Project

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and groundwater is adversely affecting agriculture . The amount of organic matter in the soil is decreasing, environmental pollution and agricultural biodiversity are being endangered, and the micro-organisms living in the soil are decreasing. The irrigation water crisis is supposed to occur as the groundwater level is falling day by day. Hence, climate action is an emmergency  and climate-resilient technologies should be introduced and implemented immediately. In order to respond to climate-action and fight climate change,  Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) has been implementing Climate-friendly Agriculture project in different areas of Bangladesh. 
Amount of Project Area: 1,40,000 Hectare    
Duration of Prject:  2022-2030 (8 Years) 

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The following activities has been taken under the Small Farmer Agriculture Project

  Producing safe food through various environmentally friendly techniques without using                    chemical pesticides in crop fields; Insect control using twigs, light traps, sex pheromone

   traps, yellow glue traps, organic pesticides (e.g. Bionym plus, Phytomax, Nimbicidin, Tracer,               Success, etc.);

  Irrigating in wetting and drying method periodically

 ♣ Ensuring moderate use of chemical fertilizers especially urea fertilizers

 ♣ Producing and using large quantities of organic manure, such as compost

    manure, vermicompost, green manure, etc

 ♣ Introducing a drip irrigation system for vegetables, spices, crops and fruits and save irrigation           water by mulching or covering the vegetable field bed with straw/water hyacinth

2. Climate-Friendly Paddy Cultivation

At present 2500-4000 liters of water is used for producing per kg paddy. In most cases, irrigation is performed with groundwater. As a result, on the one hand, the groundwater level is going down day by day and the fertility of the land is decreasing, on the other hand, the methane gas emissions from the paddy fields are increasing due to submergence which is one of the main causes of climate change. To get rid of this condition, it is necessary to prevent the wastage of irrigation water. For this purpose, the following activities have been undertaken under the Climate-Friendly Paddy Cultivation Project-

Provide Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) irrigation to paddy fields. This method can save 28-30% of water, reduce the cost of irrigation by 30-50% and also reduce the emissions of methane gas from paddy field by about 30-40%.

To reduce the use of chemical fertilizers in paddy cultivation and increase the use of organic and green fertilizers. Especially reducing the use of nitrogen-rich urea fertilizers;

Encourage farmers to adopt environmentally friendly Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy by reducing random and unreasonable use of pesticides in paddy fields.

Amount of Project Area: 2,00,000 Hectare

Implementation strategy of Bondhu Foundation

Implementation Strategy

BONDHU has been adopting the following strategies for the implementation of the two projects: 

  • Skill development- manpower training of project, farmer's training etc.
  • Exhibition- Irrigation Exhibition, Safe Crop Production Technology Exhibition etc.
  • Motivation and promotion - Seminars, Field days, Bondhu agricultural fair, dissemination through websites, leaflets, banners, posters, electronic media etc.

Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) will implement two projects in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural Extension and with different union parishads.

Contact us for more information

+88 01313 411 700, +88 01313 411 000. 

E-mail: agriculture.bbf@gmail.com, bbf@bondhufoundation.org 

Working Area

Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) has Climate Friendly Agriculture projects all over the Bangladesh. BONDHU is Implementing Climate Friendly Agriculture projects in almost every district of Bangladesh

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