Adaptation of farming practices by the smallholder farmers in response to climate change

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the extent of adaptation of farming practices by smallholder farmers in response to climate change in coastal regions of Bangladesh. The data were collected from 80 randomly selected smallholder farmers with the objectives to identify the adaptation of farming practices, to determine the factors those influence adaptation of farming practices and to find out the constraints faced by the farmers in adapting farming practices. The findings of the study revealed that majority (75%) of the smallholder farmers made low to medium adaptation of farming practices in response to climate change. Correlation analysis indicated that among the selected socio-economic characteristics, respondent's education, annual family income, communication exposure, agricultural training and perception of climate change showed positive and significant relationship with their adaptation of farming practices.Step-wise multiple regression analysis explored that amongst six, four independent variables finally entered into the model and contribution of these factors (education, perception, communication exposure and training) accounted for 88% of the total variation in the extent of adaptation of farming practices. It was found that majority (76%) of the smallholder farmers had faced high to medium constraints in adapting farm practices in response to climate change.

Role of a Coastal NGO in Attaining Climate Resilience in Bangladesh

“…Data presented in Table 1 show that the annual family income of the respondents ranged between 96 -350 thousand BDT while the average annual family income was 243.8 thousand BDT with standard deviation 109.9. It indicates that majority of the respondents of the study area were resource medium [17]. However, it was evident from the findings that the observed organizational DOI: 10.4236/ajcc.2018.72013 Table 1 shows that the observed score on participation in climate resilience programme of the respondents ranges between 1 -9 in against of the possible score of 1 -12.…”

“…This means that the majority of the respondents were in the age group of middle aged. The middle aged people are aware about the climate change issues due to their better experience and the NGOs also work with the middle people to mitigate the consequences of climate change and building climate resilience [17].…”

“…Respondent was not participating in climate change and its related program because of their low level education and lack of awareness so they could not take any precautions measures to avoid disaster [17]. "Climate resilience program did not arranged frequently by the NGOs; again we were not informed about disaster management program properly"-FGD participants.…”

Toxicological Effects of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Dinya (Vitex Dodianna) on Liver Enzymes of Albino Rats

“…They are eaten as a part of staple food daily in many areas and are quite rich in nutrients (Beyene et al, 2016;Olufunmilayo, 2017). Though many studies have been conducted on the medicinal uses of the plant, little have been reported on its toxicological effects (Billah, Kabir, 2015).…”

Factors Affecting Agriculture in Response to Climate Change in Bangladesh

“…There are some several climatic factors like water logging, unpredicted rainfall, frequent cyclones, crop diversification etc that negatively influence on green economy of the country [9]. If these factors can be identified appropriately and managed properly then adaptation rate can be increased which will help coastal farmers to produce more and the country to be green economically strong [10]. So, proper adaptive measures are needed for Bangladesh in relation to climate change.…”