Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh

The issue of global climate change is increasingly worrisome, particularly for countries heavily reliant on agriculture. To reduce the negative impact of climate change on agriculture, farmers of Bangladesh started adopting different climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices. The CSA sustainably inc...

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Main Authors: Monoj Kumar Majumder, MdSadique Rahman, Ripon Kumar Mondal, MstShopna Akter
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Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
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Ripon Kumar Mondal
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description The issue of global climate change is increasingly worrisome, particularly for countries heavily reliant on agriculture. To reduce the negative impact of climate change on agriculture, farmers of Bangladesh started adopting different climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices. The CSA sustainably increases productivity, resilience, and food security, which can contribute to the achievement of a number of sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, the adoption of CSA is low especially in the climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the factors affecting the adoption of CSA and its influence on coastal household's food security. A total of 327 sample farmers from three coastal districts of Bangladesh were interviewed. The collected data were then analyzed by using the binary probit and ordered probit model. The findings indicated that highest 65 % of farmers adopted early planting of rice as one of CSA practices. The adoption of CSA practices positively affected by the household annual income, extension services and awareness regarding CSA practices. Moreover, the adopters of CSA were more food secure than non-adopters. For instance, adoption of one additional CSA practice leads to an increase in the likelihood of being food secure by 4.3 %. In terms of policy perspective, the adoption of CSA in the coastal areas can be increased through creation of employment opportunities, increasing access to extension services, and broadcasting of CSA-related programs on mass media.
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spelling doaj-art-1d95620b98654700a6d1c7c64f9c67ee2025-08-20T02:48:58ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-11-011022e3988510.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39885Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of BangladeshMonoj Kumar Majumder0MdSadique Rahman1Ripon Kumar Mondal2MstShopna Akter3Department of Agricultural Economics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Corresponding author.Department of Management and Finance, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Management and Finance, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, BangladeshThe issue of global climate change is increasingly worrisome, particularly for countries heavily reliant on agriculture. To reduce the negative impact of climate change on agriculture, farmers of Bangladesh started adopting different climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices. The CSA sustainably increases productivity, resilience, and food security, which can contribute to the achievement of a number of sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, the adoption of CSA is low especially in the climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the factors affecting the adoption of CSA and its influence on coastal household's food security. A total of 327 sample farmers from three coastal districts of Bangladesh were interviewed. The collected data were then analyzed by using the binary probit and ordered probit model. The findings indicated that highest 65 % of farmers adopted early planting of rice as one of CSA practices. The adoption of CSA practices positively affected by the household annual income, extension services and awareness regarding CSA practices. Moreover, the adopters of CSA were more food secure than non-adopters. For instance, adoption of one additional CSA practice leads to an increase in the likelihood of being food secure by 4.3 %. In terms of policy perspective, the adoption of CSA in the coastal areas can be increased through creation of employment opportunities, increasing access to extension services, and broadcasting of CSA-related programs on mass media.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024159166AdoptionClimate changeFood securityProbit regressionPoisson regression
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Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh
Heliyon
Adoption
Climate change
Food security
Probit regression
Poisson regression
title Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh
title_full Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh
title_short Climate-smart agriculture and food security in climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh
title_sort climate smart agriculture and food security in climate vulnerable coastal areas of bangladesh
topic Adoption
Climate change
Food security
Probit regression
Poisson regression
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