Farmer-level adaptation to climate change and agricultural drought: empirical evidences from the Barind region of Bangladesh

Hossain, Md. Nazir; Chowdhury, Swapna; Paul, Shitangsu Kumar

doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2360-7

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“…The DH value showed a gentle increasing trend in northern and western part of northwestern region than southern part of southwestern region for the period of 2041 to 2070. Such findings are consistent with the previous study of Hossain et al [50] who revealed that future climate change will increase both frequency and magnitude of severe drought events in the northwestern region. The results of Selvaraju and Baas [34] are also in good agreement with this outcomes at future climate change condition.…”

Section: Spatial Variation In Drought Hazard Under Climatesupporting

confidence: 93%

Drought Hazard Evaluation in Boro Paddy Cultivated Areas of Western Bangladesh at Current and Future Climate Change Conditions

Islam

Shen

et al. 2017

Advances in Meteorology

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Drought hazard is one of the main hindrances for sustaining food security in Bangladesh, and climate change may exacerbate it in the next several decades. This study aims to evaluate drought hazard at current and future climate change conditions in theBoropaddy cultivated areas of western Bangladesh using simulated climate data from the outputs of three global climate models (GCMs) based on the SRES A1B scenario for the period between 2041 and 2070. The threshold level of Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) was employed to identify drought events and its probability distribution function (PDF) was applied to create the drought hazard index. The study demonstrates that enhancement of potential evapotranspiration (PET) will surpass that of precipitation, resulting in intensified drought events in future. In addition, the PDFs of drought events will move the upper tail in future period compared to the baseline. The results showed that the southwestern region was more severe to the drought hazard than the northwestern region during the period of 1984 to 2013. From the results of three GCMs, in the mid-century period, drought hazard will slightly increase in the northwestern region and flatten with a decrease in the southwestern region. The outcomes will help to allocate agricultural adaptation plans under climate change condition in Bangladesh.

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Section: Spatial Variation In Drought Hazard Under Climatesupporting

confidence: 93%

Drought Hazard Evaluation in Boro Paddy Cultivated Areas of Western Bangladesh at Current and Future Climate Change Conditions

Islam

Shen

et al. 2017

Advances in Meteorology

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“…Drought is already a recurrent problem in Bangladesh, mainly in vulnerable northern regions [6,7]. Over the past 50 years, the country has endured over 20 major droughts [8].…”

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“…Although droughts historically occur during the dry winter season, under climate change, these events are predicted to increase in both severity and frequency [9]; see also [6,8]. There is also significant regional variation in drought events [9].…”

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Gendered Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: A Quest for Social Sustainability in Badlagaree Village, Bangladesh

Hossen

Benson

Hossain

et al. 2021

Water

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Climate change effects cause major socioeconomic challenges for marginalized groups, particularly women, in Bangladesh. Specifically, drought increases resource scarcity, causing social problems that impact women, which can be described as the gendered sociocultural construction of vulnerabilities. Given this constructed dimension of gender-based vulnerability, this paper explores the effects of drought on marginalized women in one local case study, namely Badlagaree village in Gaibandha district, Bangladesh. To examine this linkage, we collected qualitative primary data using ethnographic research methods, primarily focus group discussions. Findings show that gender-based vulnerability is increasing due to growing drought effects, including agricultural production loss. Marginalized women, because of their gender identity, encounter these drought effects through unemployment, food insecurity, illiteracy, early marriage, dowry costs and violence. While further national-scale research is required, this paper argues that in order to overcome such gender-based vulnerability, current development policies, social programs, and adaptation strategies should better recognize such social dynamics. Further, a gender-specific understanding requires incorporation into adaptation policies through greater collaborative governance as an important prerequisite for sustainability.

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“…Food is subject to natural conditions, for example, the rice will not grow well under unfavorable conditions especially poor precipitation and irrigation. More than others, the geographical environment in the south is rather complex and the abnormal climate frequently appears in recent years, coupled with backward infrastructure in many rural areas, aging and rundown water conservancy facilities, drought has played increasingly adverse effect on crops (Hossain, Chowdhury, & Paul, 2016, Mohmmed, Li, Elaru et al, 2018. In China, as one of the types of natural disasters caused by climate change, drought severely heads off agricultural production, greatly reduces crop yields and farmers' income (Perdue & Brown, 2018).…”

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Psychoanalysis of Farmers’ Irrational Drought-Control Behaviors

2020

RACP

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The global climate change has greatly increased the drought frequency in China. To control the drought, it is necessary to analyze the behavioral psychology of farmers. In this paper, the psychology of farmers' irrational drought-control behaviors is studied based on their behavioral decisions. The influencing factors of irrational drought-control were discussed from the economics perspective. The results show that the rationality of farmers' drought-control behaviors depends on the agronomics of water-saving irrigation measures, and the transformation of crop type and planting structure; Economically, the rationality of drought-control behaviors hinges on the farmers' willingness to pay for irrigation water, that is, the farmers' affordability of irrigation water. The research lays a theoretical basis for further psychology research on farmers' drought-control behaviors.

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Farmer-level adaptation to climate change and agricultural drought: empirical evidences from the Barind region of Bangladesh

Cited by 40 publications

References 39 publications

Drought Hazard Evaluation in Boro Paddy Cultivated Areas of Western Bangladesh at Current and Future Climate Change Conditions

Drought Hazard Evaluation in Boro Paddy Cultivated Areas of Western Bangladesh at Current and Future Climate Change Conditions

Gendered Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: A Quest for Social Sustainability in Badlagaree Village, Bangladesh

Psychoanalysis of Farmers’ Irrational Drought-Control Behaviors

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