Bangladesh
Examine mixed crop-livestock farming systems' suitability and land capability for agriculture productions
Researchers: Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Kieron Moller, Eeswaran Rasu and Josué Kpodo
The aim of the project: Found the type of animals in Bangladesh and, collected the relevant information needed to perform farm system analysis.
The relevancy of this work and future steps: Since it is not feasible to evaluate each individual farm within the study area, representative livestock farms will be developed. We will also identify the relevant livestock models that can be used for regional adaptation.
The temporal and spatial dimensions of soil moisture and climate variability on acute and chronic child malnutrition
Researchers: Molly Elizabeth Brown, Kathryn Grace, Ruthie Burrows
The aim of the project: We combine soil moisture, temperature, and precipitation with measures of acute and chronic child malnutrition to explore how climate is related to food insecurity in Bangladesh. We use Demographic and Health Survey data to explore the relationship climate and food insecurity varies at different temporal and spatial scales.
The relevancy of this work and future steps: This work integrates a spatial analysis of a novel measure of soil moisture with remote sensing and demographic survey data to identify the drivers and mechanisms that relate to climate and food insecurity. Future work will include: conference presentations, interviews with local partners, and manuscript publication.
Crop selection to reduce yield gap due to soil salinity in Bangladesh coastal region
Researchers: Ana Carcedo, Leonardo Bastos and Ignacio Ciampitti
The aim of the project: Use ground-data to define plausible salinity scenarios encompassing the spatial-temporal heterogeneity. Use a validated crop simulation model (APSIM) to assess yield performance of dry-season crops under farmers' practices across salinity scenarios. And define yield gaps between salinity scenarios, and test the impact of crop response to salinity.
The relevancy of this work and future steps: The outcome of this study will provide smallholder farmers with relevant information to deal with spatial-temporal crop yield heterogeneity driven by salinity. Within this approach, maize, mungbean and sunflower will be tested in order to define their contribution to the stability of the systems.
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