Bangladesh: Floating farms provide lifeline as waters rise
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![A farmer irrigates his floating bed, at his farm in Pirojpur district, Bangladesh, August 16, 2022.](https://s.france24.com/media/display/016ce7c2-508a-11ed-a820-005056a90284/w:1280/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"BANGLADESH","hash":"987ba3ba565d4df71e1592659ba442ab35a3df3cee375205b9def996fd692add","title":"Crops%20grown%20on%20rafts%20as%20waters%20rise"}/2022-10-19T230110Z_1572761214_RC2TXV9CEEA5_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-BANGLADESH-FARMS.webp)
With frequent flooding and rising sea waters brought on by climate change, farmers in Bangladesh are increasingly turning towards the 200-year-old practice of using floating rafts to grow crops in water-logged fields.