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Climate Change Impact and Agriculture of Bangladesh

Rajesh Sikder*
PhD Candidate, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghua Donlu, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China

Jian Xiaoying
Professor, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, 17 Qinghua Donglu, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Over the last period of years, it has been observed that climate change has become a major issue affecting the agriculture sector. Impacts of climate change in agriculture are global concern but for Bangladesh where lives and livelihoods depend on agriculture, it’s becoming a great threat for national food security. Considering crop agriculture as the predominant factor in the national economy, this paper tries to focus on the climate change impact and vulnerability in Bangladeshi Agriculture; it also highlights various strategies that can be taken in response to climate change, ways to adapt to the altered situation and Bangladesh’s saline tolerant, flood tolerant and shorter maturity varieties of rice and other crops. From this study it also found that these strategies will help in short run and to continue this extensive agricultural extension services need to make these varieties available to the farmers. One immediate need is to start multi-disciplinary human capability development planning and implementation for climate and environmental management.

Keywords: Bangladesh, Climate Change, Agriculture, Food Security, Vulnerability

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Program Area: Risk Management in Agriculture

Non-commodity: Weather/Climate

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Objective of this study was to know the impact climate change on agriculture in Bangladesh.

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In this review paper, discussed details on the following sub titles- 1. Introduction, 2. Agriculture of Bangladesh and Climate Change Scenario, 3. The Climate of Bangladesh and Climate Change Impact, 4. Response of Bangladesh on Climate Change and Success, and 5. Conclusion.

Source of Information: Journal of Environment and Earth Science, Vol.4, No.1, 2014, ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online)

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Climate change, which is largely a result of burning fossil fuels, is already affecting the Earth’s temperature, precipitation, and hydrological cycles and its impacts heavily on Bangladesh, this concern should be seen as urgent and vigorous action called to stem the tide of a looming danger. The continual flood, droughts, temperature variation, erratic rainfall and salinity which results in crop losses calls for urgent attention. Despite some amounts of resilience shown by the population in the face of these with rice production target met and achieved, Price subsidy in agricultural inputs like fertilizer has contributed to make production cost bearable to the farmer. Researches on stress tolerant technologies (seed, fertilizer, irrigation, agronomic practices) and their expansion acts as positive adaptive action against climate change. The Comprehensive and coordinated study on the real time impacts of climate change on crop production and assessment of the needs to avert the crisis must be carried out for making coherent policy decision. Continuous research, monitoring and knowledge management and development and transfer of technology, are needed to manage climate change and its impacts. Intensive training program for climate displaced community to adapt and cope with new situation. The issue of climate change assumed special importance because of the accumulation of evidence of global warming and now it’s become as a big challenge. Almost all nations are effected and some more than others. It has been a big threat for global development and for the country like Bangladesh which is one of the most proactive developing countries on global scenario to the address the challenges of climate change. Climate change and its adverse impact has become a block against all efforts to mitigate the effects of national poverty situation and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

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