Farmers’ adaptation strategies to combat climate change in drought prone areas in Bangladesh
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چکیده
Drought introduces a different set of risks and adaptation strategies as compared to flood, river erosion other natural hazards. This paper attempts investigate farmers' combat climate change in drought prone areas identify their determinants based on survey 480 farmers from northwestern Bangladesh. Farmers commonly practicing six technology-based one labour/family-based strategy with 80% adapting two or more strategies. Although synergy exists between selected strategies, competition also exist rice- non-rice The likelihood undertaking are significantly positively influenced by education, subsistence pressure, income livestock poultry, extension services, involvement organizations the use ICT farming. Adaptation probability inversely related increasing women participation agricultural labour force. Recommendations include strengthening services promoting farming, incorporation climatic information easing facilitating farmers’ access institutions promotion rearing induced challenges farming areas.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International journal of disaster risk reduction
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2212-4209']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102562