Paribartan Resilience in the Bay of Bengal
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With <strong>the</strong> support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Paribartan</strong> project, local<br />
communities were tra<strong>in</strong>ed on alternative soil management<br />
practices and encouraged <strong>the</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> salt tolerant<br />
varieties <strong>of</strong> rice. Now, many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rice fields <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> project<br />
area have been restored. Participants have built dikes<br />
around <strong>the</strong>ir rice fields to protect <strong>the</strong>m from flood<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
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