Risk diversification through taro (Colocasia esculenta) cultivation in areas prone to floods and water logging
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.
Author: FAO Strategic Objective 5 – Resilience, in FAO
Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Year: 2020
Country/ies: Bangladesh
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Practices
Full text available at: https://teca.apps.fao.org/en/technologies/5750/
Content language: English