Integrating coastal aquaculture with wet rice farming could boost Bangladesh's food security and combat climate change. By combining aquaculture with wet paddy farming in its coastal areas Bangladesh can meet food security and climate change issues, says a report.

The approach promises more nutritious food without causing environmental damage, and has the potential for a "blue-green revolution" on Bangladesh's existing crop areas, extending to about 10m hectares (25m acres) and an additional nearly 3m hectares that remain waterlogged for four to six months."The carrying capacities of these additional lands and waters, when fully utilised, can increase food production and economic growth," said Nesar Ahmed, author of the report published last month in Ocean & Coastal Management.