livelihood security in changing climate: insights from...
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Livelihood Security in Changing Climate:Insights from Farmers Field Laboratory
Where we Work
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
"Covering 8 Climate
Vulnerable Districts
of Bangladesh".
Background
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
The total tamable land was under crop
production before SIDR in 2007, has become
futile with salinity intrusiveness after Cyclone
period. Approximately 1.6 million acres of
cropland destroyed after Cyclone SIDR (Kumar
et al 2010).
Most of the arable land has become displaced
and remained fallow. To get these abject lands
under yielding with cropping intensity, Farmers
Field Laboratory a modern coping strategy has
been adopted.
Objectives & Methodology
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
Identify the impact of Farmers Field Laboratory on
famers’ instinctive knowledge and local subsisting
agricultural productivity;
Analyze the socio economic impact of FFL
knowledge by contrasting Farmers Field Laboratory
beneficiaries and the non-beneficiary group.
Objectives of Study:
Both Qualitative and Quantitative methods were used,
under which Unstructured Interview, Focus Group
Discussion and Control Group Observation were used
as data collection tools. Moreover all questions had
been pre-tested before collecting data from field
Methodology:
FFL Crop Yields
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
Name of Crop FFL Yield Expected highest Yield
National Average Yield
Percentage Increased
Pumpkin 30.0 35 20 50%
Mustard 0.95 1.5 0.89 6.74%
Barely 2.5 2.2 1.87 33.69 %
Binadhan-10 4.0 5.5 4.0 0 %
Potato 20.0 25.0 10.0 100%
Sunflower 1.5 1.7 1.0 50 %
Socio-Economic Impacts
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
About 70 percent beneficiary has taken family farming as their
major occupation after project intervention, wherein 53.4
percent represent females. Even before project period this
activity attained the influential circumstance in an accelerating
way among all occupations, more than 55 percent.
Employment Activity has been accelerated mostly through
cultivation sector, nearly 9.1 percent in comparison to earlier
period, the highest one among other occupational activities as
livestock, trading, shopkeeping so on.
The inclination for agricultural investment is arising up,
around 47.7 percent benefiary amassed fairly 3,001-4,000 BDT
by and large at third year of project
Around 97.5 percent has succeeded to have their daily meal
triply after pulling under UKAM project, which has been
increased on 91.5 percent.
Nearly 49 grams Protein as (Meat, Fish etc) are obtained
by beneficiaries from project area, whereas only 39
grams can be managed by non-beneficiaries in their daily
meal
Lessons Learned
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
Same lands could be used for ploughing Mustard then
Transplanted Aman Paddy
Optimizing Production efficiency
With high salinity intrusion some traditional crops can’t
adapt here, whereas Barley, Mustard, Wheat and
Sunflower cultivation is constantly adapting to changing
soil condition
Increase land utility and fallow land is under cultivation
with crop diversification
Production procedure is cost effective
Local farmers are not to hassle for selling their products
Lessons Learned
Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
Incorporating FFL within regional culture to be developed
as community based adaptation procedure as well as
sustainable coping strategy.
Local farmers should get training on seed storage, to be
used for subsequent plantation.
Engagements of local level govt. officials with the
disseminating approach to assure climate adaptive crop
diversification along with food security.