Dr. Samuel Jonson Sutanto

I am very thrilled to announce that our new NWA project, with the title “Adaptive Delta Management for climate resilient agriculture and food security in South-West and South-Central Coastal Bangladesh” is granted with a total budget of 948,000 EUR. This project is a collaboration project between Dutch and Bangladeshi partners to tackle many challenges in water salinisation and increasing climate risks in an area that is urbanising rapidly. The project is led by Prof. Ektear Uddin from Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) and dr. Samuel Sutanto from Wageningen University and Research (WUR).

In this project, a living lab approach will be implemented where new knowledge easily passes from researchers to users and where new questions arise from the field and society that quickly and automatically find their way into new research. To achieve the overall goals in five years, this project set five work packages (WPs). WP-1 will work for identifying adaptive-transition pathways and stakeholders’ engagement for science policy interface. WP-2 will deal with nature-based solution of soil and water salinity together with co-creation of salinity information services for the vulnerable farmers. WP-3 encompasses co-creation of hydro-climatic information services. WP-4 involves data and project management and overall administration. Two living labs will be established in Patuakhali and Khulna district and one living lab will remain as mobile at sub-national level for working on science-policy interface. With these efforts project wishes to have impact on climate resilient agriculture, food security, improved livelihood and stopping urban-migration.

Information for the awarded projects: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/four-bangladeshi-dutch-consortia-to-start-living-labs-research-on-the-bangladesh-delta