Cultivating lotus on raised beds in flood prone areas
This practice describes how cultivating lotus in raised beds can create employment and generate income in the rainy season. The example of the flood prone areas of the Quang Tri province of north central Vietnam is used to highlight its benefits. Steps on how to implement the technology are listed in terms of drainage, soil type selection, bed measurements, sowing methods and costs.
Author: FAO Strategic Objective 5 – Resilience, in FAO
Organization: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Year: 2020
Country/ies: Viet Nam
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Practices
Full text available at: https://www.fao.org/teca/en/technologies/7578
Content language: English