The following excerpt is from a piece that originally appeared in Mongabay. Read the full piece.
Considering the rapidly depleting groundwater table in Bangladesh's northwestern zone, known as the Barind Tract, the country declared 25 subdistricts of the region as water crisis-prone areas in December 2025.
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As an example, the development organization BRAC has been introducing ginger, onion, potato, garlic and vegetables like gourd in Sapahar subdistrict of Naogaon district for the last three years.
"We introduced the alternatives on a pilot basis. Meanwhile, we observed that the poor and marginalized farmers took the initiative positively. If it works for long, we have a plan to replicate the initiative to the entire drought-prone zone," said Abu Sadat Moniruzzaman Khan, program head of Climate Change Program at BRAC.
