Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh : Stress Tolerant Seeds for Stress-Prone Regions
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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In the event of global climate change,
agriculture will be one of the worst-hit sectors in
Bangladesh. Increasing global temperatures, rising sea
levels, and melting polar ice caps result in land
submergence, salinity intrusion, drought, and so on all of
which drastically impact agricultural productivity and
therefore food security and the livelihoods of millions of
people in the affected regions. Bangladesh, a low-lying
deltaic country, is predicted by the international community
of experts to be one of the first countries to be affected,
and it has already been experiencing serious impacts of
climate change. Agriculture in particular is one of the
worst-hit sectors. This smart lesson describes the
experience of the agribusiness advisory team in Bangladesh,
based on a project focused on climate change adaptation and
building resilience of the resource-poor farmers.
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AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURE SECTOR, ARABLE LAND, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES, CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, COASTAL REGIONS, CROP, CROP DAMAGE, CROP SEASON, CROP YIELDS, CROPS, DROUGHT, FARMER, FARMING, FARMING COMMUNITIES, FARMING COMMUNITY, FARMING PRACTICES, FLOODS, FOOD SECURITY, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL TEMPERATURES, ICE CAPS, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION WATER, LABOR FORCE, PLANTING, POLAR ICE, POOR FARMERS, PRIVATE SEED COMPANIES, PRODUCE, PRODUCTION PROCESS, RAINFALL, RAINFALL INTENSITY, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RICE, RICE RESEARCH, SEASON, SEED, SEED COMPANIES, SEED SECTOR, SEED VARIETIES, SEEDS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, STORMS, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, VULNERABLE REGIONS, WATER SOURCES