Impact of climate-smart agriculture adoption on the food security of coastal farmers in Bangladesh

Hasan, Kamrul; Desiere, Sam; D’Haese, Marijke; Kumar, Lalit

doi:10.1007/s12571-018-0824-1

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“…The current growth trend of the human population, together with the evolution of consumption patterns, increasing demand and food waste are placing unprecedented pressure on agricultural systems and natural resources [1]. Therefore, the supply of food is one of the greatest challenges that humankind must face in the twenty-first century [2]. Agricultural ecosystems are the principal providers of food.…”

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An Analysis of Global Research Trends on Greenhouse Technology: Towards a Sustainable Agriculture

Aznar-Sánchez

Velasco-Muñoz

López-Felices

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Greenhouse farming is an agricultural management system that has demonstrated its efficiency in intensifying food production. These systems constitute a feasible alternative for ensuring food supply, which is one of the greatest challenges faced by humankind in the twenty-first century. Technology has been able to meet the challenges related to greenhouse farming in both contributing to overcoming its limitations, correcting adverse impacts and ensuring system sustainability. The objective of this article is to analyse the global research trends in greenhouse technology over the last two decades, in order to identify the main driving agents, the most outstanding research lines and possible gaps in the literature. Different methodologies have been used for the analysis; both quantitative and qualitative. The principal results show that there are different relevant lines of research related to different aspects of greenhouse farming: the use of water for irrigation, the design of the optimum structure of the greenhouse, conserving the soil in the best growing conditions, energy consumption of the system as a whole, climate control within the facility and pest control. The research is characterized by the being composed largely of ad hoc studies, which hinders the international collaboration between researchers and institutions. The research approach has shifted from being focused on increasing production and cost savings to aspects related to resource conservation and sustainability.

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An Analysis of Global Research Trends on Greenhouse Technology: Towards a Sustainable Agriculture

Aznar-Sánchez

Velasco-Muñoz

López-Felices

et al. 2020

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“…These interventions would likely help in sustainably improving the farm productivity. A recent study in Bangladesh revealed that adoption of climate smart agriculture has improved the food security of the coastal farmers [68].…”

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Climate change and potential impacts on agriculture in Bhutan: a discussion of pertinent issues

Chhogyel

Kumar

2018

Agric & Food Secur

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Background: The Himalayan country of Bhutan is typically an agrarian country with about 57% of the people depending on agriculture. However, farming has been constrained by the mountainous topography and rapid changes in environmental variabilities. With climate change, agricultural production and food security is likely to face one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century. The country has already been experiencing some impacts of climate change, such as crop loss to unusual outbreaks of diseases and pests, erratic rainfalls, windstorms, hail storms, droughts, flash floods and landslides annually. Results: In 1996, rice farmers in high-altitude areas were devastated with 80-90% crop loss to blast disease. Turcicum leaf blight of maize in 2007 damaged more than 50% of the farmers' harvest. Also, in 2008, a severe windstorm flattened all maize crops belonging to hundreds of households. These were some gruesome reminders of the impacts of climate change that continues to threaten farming in Bhutan. The current agricultural practices are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to their total dependence on monsoon rains and shorter growing periods. The mountainous topography makes the country more vulnerable due to large climatic swings in the mountainous ecosystem. Field evidences have also shown that shifts in cropping pattern are taking place across agroecologies, thus indicating that farming in Bhutan is quite stressed. Further, climate modelling outputs have projected that there is likely to be marked changes in the pattern of precipitation and upward trend in temperatures. Conclusion: In the mountainous topography of Bhutan, food production is a challenge and the impacts of climate change are likely to add to the burdens of farming. Since climate change impacts are already being felt, it is of paramount importance to focus on research works to understand and mitigate the impacts. The information generated from this study could contribute to both short-and long-term planning and policy development works related to food security and climate change in the near future.

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“…The supply of food is one of the greatest challenges faced by humankind in the 21st century [1]. Agricultural ecosystems are the principal suppliers of food, but they are also the main consumers of water resources on a global level [2,3].…”

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Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research

Velasco-Muñoz

Aznar-Sánchez

Batlles‐delaFuente

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Within a context of scarce water resources for agriculture, rainwater harvesting constitutes a promising alternative that has been studied by different disciplines in recent years. This article analyses the dynamics of global research on rainwater harvesting for agricultural irrigation over the last two decades. To do this, qualitative systematic analysis and quantitative bibliometric analysis have been carried out. The results reveal that this line of research is becoming increasingly important within research on irrigation. Environmental sciences and agricultural and biological sciences are the most relevant subject areas. Agricultural Water Management, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, and Irrigation and Drainage are the journals that have published the most articles on the subject. India, China, the United States (USA), South Africa, and the Netherlands are the countries that lead this line of research. Although significant progress has been made in this subject area, it is necessary to increase the number of studies on the capacity of rainwater harvesting systems to cover irrigation needs in different farming contexts, the factors that determine their adoption by farmers, the economic and financial feasibility of their implementation, and their contribution to mitigating global climate change.

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Impact of climate-smart agriculture adoption on the food security of coastal farmers in Bangladesh

Cited by 85 publications

References 28 publications

An Analysis of Global Research Trends on Greenhouse Technology: Towards a Sustainable Agriculture

An Analysis of Global Research Trends on Greenhouse Technology: Towards a Sustainable Agriculture

Climate change and potential impacts on agriculture in Bhutan: a discussion of pertinent issues

Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research

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