Coping mechanisms practised by drought victims (1994/5) in North Bengal, Bangladesh

Paul, Bimal Kanti

doi:10.1016/s0143-6228(98)00026-5

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“…For the years with a significant decrease in the FSI, severe droughts or floods were observed. For instance, in 1994 in Bangladesh, and in 2002 and 2009 in India, severe droughts were reported to have caused great yield reductions [44,45]. In 2000-2004, more frequent rainstorms and flooding were observed in Bangladesh, causing more damage to food production than in normal years [46].…”

Section: Food Security Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparative Analysis on Food Security in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar

Chen

2018

Sustainability

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Abstract:In 2013, China proposed the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor initiatives to enhance the economic cooperation between Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. To serve the priority setting of agricultural cooperation in the initiatives, an analysis is necessary to understand the food security situation and its key influencing factors in the three countries. For this purpose, this study applied a food security index (FSI) to measure the food security level at state scale and analyze its changes in the three countries during 1990-2013. Further, a factor decomposition method was used to quantify the contribution of major factors to the FSI changes. The results showed that the food demand was generally secured in Myanmar and India during 1990-2013 but in shortage by around 10% in most years before 2008 in Bangladesh. The annual FSI values showed a rather obvious periodic variation and a slightly increasing trend during the whole period. Although the grain production in the three countries increased significantly, the FSI was not accordingly improved, as a result of the simultaneous increase of grain consumption. In Bangladesh and India, the grain production increase was mainly driven by the improvement of crop yield, while the grain consumption increase was mainly caused by the population growth. In Myanmar, the production increase was largely caused by the expansion of cropping area, and the consumption growth was mainly due to the increased grain requirement per capita. To meet the increasing food demand in the future, it is essential to improve the irrigation and drainage systems and crop management to increase the land use efficiency and crop yield. In addition, the adaptation of appropriate policy for family planning could be important to slow down the quick population growth and thus the food demand.

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Section: Food Security Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparative Analysis on Food Security in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar

Chen

2018

Sustainability

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“…Therefore, country or area specific studies of climate change mitigation are required. In this context, research studies for Bangladesh are very limited [19][20][21][22][23].…”

Section: Theory Of Chance Utility and A Micro-econometric Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Paul [19] documented some adjustment measures such as crop replacement, irrigation, gap filling and the inter-cropping of wheat and kaon (a local food crop). Ali [20] identified some adaptive measures such as the construction of embankments and cyclone shelters, and the introduction of new rice varieties suitable to higher salinity levels and temperatures.…”

Section: Theory Of Chance Utility and A Micro-econometric Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Especially in Jessore and Sathkhira Districts According to Farmers’ Mitigation Strategies to Climate Change; Evidence from Farmer Level Data

Kabir¹

2015

J Geogr Nat Disast

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“…The average annual rainfall in this part is 1329 mm whereas in the north-east part the average annual rainfall is 4338 mm (Shahid and Behrawan, 2008). Nevertheless, drought can hit both drought-prone and non-drought prone areas of Bangladesh and it is being reported more in Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rangpur, Bogura, Pabna, Dinajpur and Kustia Districts of Bangladesh because of the characteristics of moisture retention capacity and infiltration rate (Paul, 1995).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%