USAID has started the implementation of a $21.4 million project led by CIMMYT, the International Development Enterprises (iDE), and the Georgia Institute of Technology to support the mechanization of agriculture in Bangladesh.
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Nutrition, health and food security
In South Asia, the population is growing and land area for agricultural expansion is extremely limited. Increasing the productivity of already farmed land is the best way to attain food security.
Climate adaptation and mitigation
For the first time widespread monitoring examines how farmers are coping with climate stresses.
Innovations
For the first time, researchers have mapped rivers and freshwater canals in southern Bangladesh using geospatial tools.
