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Risk diversification through taro (Colocasia esculenta) cultivation in areas prone to floods and water logging, Bangladesh

Year of publication 2012

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The objective of latiraj kachu cultivation is to enable small farmers to grow crops even during flooding season on seasonally flooded land, and to enhance diet diversification and food security of households during a period of the year characterized by food scarcity. This practice describes the conditions under which latiraj kachu can be cultivated.

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