Bikash Ranjan Chakrobarty has started harvesting pumpkins not so long ago. Successful cultivation of pumpkins in the wetland has changed his fortune, enabling him to lead a better life, reports the Dhaka Tribune. "Life is not so easy in the swamp,” says Chakrobarty, describing his past cultivation experience. “Food insecurity and seasonal flooding make us vulnerable all throughout the year. In most areas, only rice is harvested."
Agricultural lands are gradually losing their top soil fertility in fighting adversity of climate variability. Pumpkin production through technical strategies demonstrated by Islamic Relief Bangladesh has shown a way of sustaining food security with diversification in this crucial time of climate changes. The poor people of the wetlands are getting financial and nutritional support for cultivating sweet pumpkins and it is gradually gaining more popularity