Farmers’ adaptation strategies to combat climate change in drought prone areas in Bangladesh

Anik, A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-6094, Rahman, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0391-6191, Sarker, J. R. and Al Hasan, M. (2021) Farmers’ adaptation strategies to combat climate change in drought prone areas in Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 65. 102562. ISSN 2212-4209 doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102562

Abstract/Summary

Drought introduces a different set of risks and adaptation strategies as compared to flood, river erosion and other natural hazards. This paper attempts to investigate farmers' adaptation strategies to combat climate change in drought prone areas and identify their determinants based on a survey of 480 farmers from northwestern Bangladesh. Farmers commonly practicing six technology-based strategies and one labour/family-based strategy with 80% adapting two or more adaptation strategies. Although synergy exists between selected strategies, competition also exist between rice- and non-rice based strategies. The likelihood of undertaking climate change adaptation strategies are significantly and positively influenced by education, subsistence pressure, income from livestock and poultry, extension services, involvement in organizations and the use of ICT in farming. Adaptation probability inversely related with increasing women participation in agricultural labour force. Recommendations include strengthening extension services and promoting use of ICT in farming, incorporation of climatic information in education, easing and facilitating farmers’ access to institutions and promotion of livestock rearing to combat climate change induced challenges on farming in drought prone areas.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/104235
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102562
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Elsevier
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