People’s perception on agricultural vulnerabilities to climate change and SLR in Bangladesh: adaptation strategies and explanatory variables

Islam, M. S.; Shrivastava, Paul

doi:10.3329/ijarit.v8i1.38232

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“…Most of these adaptation strategies were adopted for autonomous and reactive reasons and were later supported by different NGOs and government organizations. Support from these institutions for different adaptation strategies is visible in other studies (Islam and Paul 2018), though farmers mostly adopt adaptation options autonomously (Alam et al 2017;Klenk et al 2017;Amin et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Due to the non-normal distribution of the data, a Pearson chi-square test was used to assess whether there was a statistically significant relationship between socioeconomic status and the decision-making process of adaptation to climatic change, and the choice of adaptation strategies. The Pearson chi-square test has been widely used in the field of climate change adaptation to analyze the statistical association between variables (Islam and Paul 2018;Prabhakar 2013;Limantol et al 2016;Korir 2019;Maharjan et al 2020). In this study, we used the Pearson chi-square test to investigate the relationship between the socio-economic conditions of the farmers and their choice of adaptation strategies (e.g., the ways that a farmer's farming status or education affected their introduction of new crops into the field or their rainwater harvesting).…”

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“…Farmers' choice of adaptations was found to be influenced by their socio-economic determinants (Asfaw et al 2019;Islam and Paul 2018;Alam 2017). The age of the farmers correlated to different adaptation strategies; experienced farmers were more likely to adapt to climate change by using saline-tolerant crops, planting crops with short lifespans, homestead gardening, and re-digging canals.…”

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Determinants of climate change adaptation strategies in the coastal zone of Bangladesh: implications for adaptation to climate change in developing countries

Kabir

Amin

Roy

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Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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Considering the growing threats of climate change, in addition to mitigation strategies, it is highly and equally critical to understand the socio-economic determinants of climate adaptation in order to develop climate adaptation policies. This study makes a first attempt to explore the determinants of adaptation to climate change and choices of adaptation strategies at a larger spatial scale of the south-west coastal areas in Bangladesh, which is one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world. We employ both qualitative and quantitative approaches in order to examine farmers' perception of climate risks and determinants and choices of adaptation strategies to climate change in six coastal districts of Bangladesh. Farmers are adapting to these situations using their knowledge and experience. The study reveals that a number of adaptation strategies have been taken to reduce the negative impacts of climate change.These adaptation strategies are categorized into four groups: crop management, water management, land management, and income diversification. Availability of inputs, high production cost, agricultural extension service, and proper adaptation knowledge and experiences were noted as the main non-climatic challenges, as well as different climatic factors in agricultural adaptation strategies. Statistical analysis indicates that the different socio-economic determinants of farmers significantly influence their choices of adaptation to climate change. Farmers adopt these adaptations mostly autonomously rather than on the advice of government. This study could be useful for developing national adaptation policies in Bangladesh and other similar developing countries.

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Determinants of climate change adaptation strategies in the coastal zone of Bangladesh: implications for adaptation to climate change in developing countries

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“…It was recognized that gender, marital status, family size, farm size, monthly income, access to credit, etc. are usually used in recent studies [39][40][41][42].…”

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Assessing Riverbank Erosion and Livelihood Resilience Using Traditional Approaches in Northern Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is a riverine country that is the most climate-change-vulnerable country in the world. Riverbank erosion adversely affects people and their livelihoods by damaging their homesteads, agricultural land, and causing economic, social, and psychological distress over time. Under these criteria, erosion control measures/approaches are vital for protecting erosion and crating livelihoods resilient. This study intends to assess riverbank erosion and livelihood resilience using traditional erosion control approaches by observing and surveying 118 riverine households in Rowmari, northern Bangladesh. The results show that riverbank erosion enormously damages household lands, socio-economic conditions, livelihoods, and resources, resulting in increased vulnerability. About 54.2% of the households utilize traditional approaches known as bundlings and 33.1% use both bundlings + bank vegetation that helps them resist erosion. Traditional erosion management approaches enhance resilience by safeguarding agricultural land, crop fields, production, and homesteads rapidly and sustainably, and by reducing damage to infrastructure, roads, embankments and transportation in the region. A probit model was also employed to explore factors that have influenced traditional erosion approaches. The factors such as age, education, family size, erosion experience, occupation, earning members, and farm size were meaningfully related to taking traditional erosion approaches. It is expected that the outcomes of the present research will help guide governmental agencies and policymakers and contribute to the construction of a sustainable riverbank erosion action framework in Bangladesh and other regions with similar problems.

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“…The high intrusion of salinity causes reduction in cultivable land and production. The livelihoods of the peoples who directly depends on agriculture are highly vulnerable due to the intrusion of strong salinity into their agricultural land [12].…”

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Impact of Salinity Intrusion on Coastal Agriculture and Farmer’s Livelihoods in Bangladesh

Islam

2021

AJEE

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The main objective of this study is to explore the major impacts of salinity intrusion on coastal agriculture and farmer’s livelihoods in Bangladesh. The study has attempted to identify some effective measures for the sustainability of coastal agriculture. The study was conducted based on both primary and secondary data during 2010-2020. To collect primary data, a total of 150 respondents out of 240 households were randomly interviewed and samples are drawn proportionately from study sites. Descriptive and inferential statistics have been done to analyze data. The ArcGIS mapping tool was adopted to represent the spatio-temporal change of saline area. It reveals that due to high salinity intrusion the coastal agriculture has already experienced noticeable adverse impacts especially in increasing rate of salinity, loss in cultivable land and production. Shrimp farming with brackish water and tidal inundation are explored as the main causes for salinity intrusion. In study sites, the level of salinity in 2020 is much stronger than in 2010. It reveals that due to strong salinity in agricultural land the farmer's are suffering from low income, unemployment, scarcity in irrigation and freshwater. It was identified that the planned shrimp culture, management of the embankment, cultivation of saline tolerant crops and raising public awareness will be the possible measures to control the intrusion of salinity. Therefore, it is expected that the evaluation of the revealed impacts of salinity intrusions and the explored measures will be effective to ensure the sustainability of coastal agriculture in Bangladesh.

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People’s perception on agricultural vulnerabilities to climate change and SLR in Bangladesh: adaptation strategies and explanatory variables

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Determinants of climate change adaptation strategies in the coastal zone of Bangladesh: implications for adaptation to climate change in developing countries

Determinants of climate change adaptation strategies in the coastal zone of Bangladesh: implications for adaptation to climate change in developing countries

Assessing Riverbank Erosion and Livelihood Resilience Using Traditional Approaches in Northern Bangladesh

Impact of Salinity Intrusion on Coastal Agriculture and Farmer’s Livelihoods in Bangladesh

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