Climate Change Impact: Food Production and Local Perception

Abstract

Abstract:The study was carried out based on local perception of climate change impact and its consequences on food production in Koyra upazila of Khulna district in south-western Bangladesh. A questionnaire survey was conducted where 150 respondents were randomly selected to get local perception at small scale in the study area. The result revealed from people perception that increase in temperature, erratic rainfall, increase in frequency of disaster and decrease in food production which direct impact of food security in the study area. The present study was also revealed that higher knowledge variability was presented between climate change and food production for group four and group five. Correlation coefficient analysis was also indicated that significantly negatively correlated between climate change and food production for people belong to group one, two and three. Climate change impact on the agricultural production indicates threat to food security in the marginal level respondents. Most of the respondents were aware of climate change and its impact on food production but do not know how to adapt these changes. It can be concluded that socio-economic profile and people awareness regarding food production have to be tailored to cope with climate change impact.

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“…Participating in the international negotiations process for realization of the objectives under the Bali Action Plan (2007) and planning itself at home for fundamental domestic action-these two approaches will help Bangladesh to deal with the climate issues (Sikder & Xiaoying, 2014). Islam, Tasnuva, Sultana, and Rumana (2014) carried out their research based on local perception of climate change and food production in Khulna district for the year 2013.…”