Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Residents of Bangladesh's southwest coastal region are turning the tide of climate adversity by building sustainable livelihoods through small-scale farming, livestock rearing, and organic compost production. Once among the country's most climate-vulnerable communities, they are now finding pathways to economic self-reliance.

In the saline-prone village of Mathurapur under Munshiganj Union of Shyamnagar upazila, 45-year-old Nurunnahar Parvin and her husband spend their days turning damp, decayed soil inside a concrete enclosure into nutrient-rich vermicompost. Using the compost, they grow vegetables such as spinach, bottle gourd, long beans, and okra in their homestead garden.

"We meet our family's needs and sell the s...