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Adoption of Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy in Agriculture Sector at Southkhali Union of Sharankhola Upazila, Bangladesh

Prome Debnath
Department of Disaster Risk Management, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali

Md. Mainul Hasan
Department of Agricultural Botany, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali

A.K.M. Abdul Ahad Biswas
Department of Disaster Risk Management, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali

Avijit Biswas
Department of Agriculture, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Climate change is contemporary global threat especially for coastal area of Bangladesh which drastically affects in agricultural sector. The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adopting disaster risk reduction strategies by farmer towards agriculture sector in Southkhali union of Sharankhola upazila. Data were collected following a structured pretested interview schedule, FGD and KII and then verified with secondary sources of information. Coefficients of Correlation and regression analysis were used to find out the contribution of factors to the variation of adopting disaster risk reduction strategy by farmers in agriculture sector. The study found that the salinity was the major climate change effect in agriculture sector of this area that resulted soil salinity in agriculture and the most common adopted strategies are rain water harvesting (90%), tree plantation (89.16%) and homestead gardening (80.83%) in agriculture. Correlation analysis indicated that age (0.383**), farming experience (0.441**), communication exposure (0.271*) and organizational support (0.226*) had positive significant relationship and climate change effect (-0.266**) had negative significant relationship with adoption of disaster risk reduction strategy of farmers in agriculture. Regression analysis revealed that farming experience (β=0.546) has the strongest contribution and climate change effect (β=-0.139) had negative contribution to the adoption of disaster risk reduction strategies in agriculture. Based on this observation it can be concluded that the awareness and skill of farmer should be more developed through arranging different training program and providing necessary support to promote environmentally safe cultivation and to enhance climate change adaptation in agriculture sector.

Keywords: Adaptation strategy, Agriculture, Climate change, Disaster risk reduction

Location: Bagerhat district

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Program Area: Risk Management in Agriculture

Non-commodity: Adoption and mitigation technology

Objectives:

The objectives of this study are to determine and describe the socio-economic characteristics of farmer, to study the factors contributing to the adoption of disaster risk reduction strategies in agriculture and to identify the constraints of farmer access to disaster risk reduction strategies in agriculture.

Methodology:

This study was conducted in selected three villages-Bogi, Khuriakhali, and Chaltabunia under Southkhali union of Sarankhola upazila in Bagerhat district. The upazila is situated in the Southwest part of Bangladesh and is located between 22°13′and 22°24′North latitudes and between 89 °46′and 89 °54′East longitudes on the western part of the lower Meghna River with an altitude of 3.0-3.5m from Mean Sea Level (MSL). The reasons behind the selection of this area were: the upazila has a high level of agricultural activities and most are vulnerable villages due to their geographical location. All farmers in the selected three villages constitute the population of the study. At first a list of all the farmers in the selected villages was prepared. In total 356 farmers were found whose are directly associated with agricultural practices. Thirty per-cent of the populations were randomly selected as the sample of the study; here the sample size of the study was 120 (Rashid and Islam, 2016). A structured interview schedule was used as the data-gathering instrument. The interview schedule was carefully prepared considering the objectives of the study. Qualitative method such as Key informant interviews and focus group discussion was implied to get a clear picture of this situation. Firstly the data were inputted in a master sheet which obtained from the respondents then compiled, tabulated and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the study. Range, mean, percentage distribution and standard deviation those statistical methods were used in describing the dependent and independent variables. Pearson's Product Moment Coefficients of correlation (r) analysis was used for exploring the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers with their access to Disaster risk reduction strategies.Regression analysis helps to understand how the typical value of the dependent variable (or 'criterion variable') changes when any one of the independent variables is varied, while the other independent variables are held fixed. Most commonly, regression analysis estimates the conditional expectation of the dependent variable given the independent variables that is, the average value of the dependent variable when the independent variables are fixed.

Source of Information: Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 4(2): 141-150 (2019)

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.26832/24566632.2019.040203

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Achievement/Findings:

This study established the adoption level of disaster risk reduction strategy in crop agriculture sector by farmer of Sharankhola upazila. The farmers in this area were generally poor and have marginal income. On the other side this area is most climate change generated disaster affected area due to its geo graphical location. The most horrible climate change effect in this area is salinity, sea level rise and cyclone which all are equally responsible for destruction in agricultural sector especially raising soil salinity and pest assault. Although for handling this situation the farmer of this area may take some own initiatives like-adoption of some local coping strategy for primary level protection in agriculture sector with the help of some govt. and non govt. organizations but there are still existing some constraints that hampered the rate of adopting such strategies to reach in up to the mark. This study represents a preliminary venture about adoption rate of disaster risk reduction strategy in agriculture by the farmer and showing that the socio-economic characteristics of farmer had a great influence in adopting such strategy in agriculture. According to the study it is found that farming experience is the strongest contributing factor of adopting DRR strategy in agriculture sector and the adoption level will be developed with increasing of farmer?s age, effective communication system, organizational support and decreasing of climate change impacts. But to coordinated all this factor the Govt. of Bangladesh and different GO and NGO has play a very great role, so that they should come forward to take some steps towards providing proper training program, proper supporting system and proper application method of those risk reduction strategies in agriculture sector to climate change adaptation because all are possible if the farmers of Bangladesh are more aware about climate change effect and more skilled about applying coping strategy in effective manner and in proper way.

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