Women defy climate change in Bangladesh
<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">ArabiaWeather.com - Women in Bangladesh have experience and know-how in facing <strong>climate change</strong> and what it may have on the agricultural sector in their country, by cultivating varieties of rice and vegetables that are highly resistant to harsh climatic conditions.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The German "Gender CC" organization and the Center for Global Climate Change Studies, a local non-governmental organization, seek to train women to deal with the consequences of climate change and develop alternative sources of income.<br /> The program includes rehabilitating 350 women in rural areas in southeastern Bangladesh, with funding amounting to 138,000 euros.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">It is noteworthy that Bangladesh is famous for its arid and salty land that does not provide good crops, which are exacerbated by drought or floods caused by climate change, according to the "Deutsche Welle" website.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">But women in southeastern Bangladesh know very well how to deal with the status quo by cultivating varieties of crops that have high resistance to harsh climatic conditions, where women there can provide enough to meet the needs of their families, and even a surplus that generates a reasonable income for them. sell it.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>
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