The problem

In Bangladesh, 160 million people still live on less than £1 a day. Every year, monsoon rains cause the three major rivers of Bangladesh to swell, resulting in devastating floods that wash away homes, submerge land and destroy possessions. Families face months of hunger and malnutrition when they are forced to find a new place to live and a new means of earning a living without land to cultivate.

We have introduced a technique called sandbar cropping that allows pumpkins to be grown on sandy, barren soil left behind when flood waters recede, contributing to poverty alleviation.