Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh : Stress Tolerant Seeds for Stress-Prone Regions

Ali, Anika ; Sircar, Mrinal

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRIBUSINESS;    AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;    AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION;    AGRICULTURAL LAND;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY;   

RP-ID  :  55880

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In the event of global climate change,agriculture will be one of the worst-hit sectors inBangladesh. Increasing global temperatures, rising sealevels, and melting polar ice caps result in landsubmergence, salinity intrusion, drought, and so on all ofwhich drastically impact agricultural productivity andtherefore food security and the livelihoods of millions ofpeople in the affected regions. Bangladesh, a low-lyingdeltaic country, is predicted by the international communityof experts to be one of the first countries to be affected,and it has already been experiencing serious impacts ofclimate change. Agriculture in particular is one of theworst-hit sectors. This smart lesson describes theexperience of the agribusiness advisory team in Bangladesh,based on a project focused on climate change adaptation andbuilding resilience of the resource-poor farmers.