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Farmer’s Perception on Climate Change and Adaptation Related to Drought-The Case of Northern Part of Bangladesh FARMER’S PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION RELATED TO DROUGHT- THE CASE OF NORTHERN PART OF BANGLADESH MD SHAFIQUL ISLAM Farmer's Perception on Climate Change and Adaptation Related to Drought-The Case of Northern Part of Bangladesh MD SHAFIQUL ISLAM 1 Farmer’s Perception on Climate Change and Adaptation Related to Drought-The Case of Northern Part of Bangladesh FARMER’S PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION RELATED TO DROUGHT- THE CASE OF NORTHERN PART OF BANGLADESH MD SHAFIQUL ISLAM This book is produced based on quantitative and qualitative research conducted by Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). Edited by: Dr. Shantanu Kumar Saha, Dr. Samiya A. Selim & Dr. Rumana Sultana Published 2017 in Bangladesh by Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) H#56, R#4/A, Satmosjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh www.ulab.edu.bd/csd National Library of Bangladesh cataloguing-in-publication data A catalogue record of this book is available at the National Library of Bangladesh ISBN: 978-984-34-2647-5 © All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. 2 Farmer’s Perception on Climate Change and Adaptation Related to Drought-The Case of Northern Part of Bangladesh Acknowledgement I would like to show my endless respect to Almighty Allah for giving me strength and healthy life to complete this research successfully. I put into words my deep sense of gratitude to the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, for providing fund and logistics for this research. I am grateful to Professor Imran Rahman, Vice Chancellor University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh for his continuous support and inspiration for the research. I am also grateful to Dr. Samiya A Selim in providing institutional support for the study. In fact, the Center for Sustainable Development has provided me tremendous support in conducting this research. I express my thanks to Mr. Dipen Kumar Saha, Assistant General Manager from Palli Karma Sohayak Foundation for his extended support for managing partner organizations in reaching to the sample respondents and study locations. I am very much grateful to PROYAS, SHOTOFUL BANGLADESH and DABI MOULIK UNNAYAN SANGSTHA for their extended cooperation in the field. Staff and workers from above mentioned organizations have helped me in all possible ways during the study. They have always been more than ready to answer all of my questions and supply me with information about the study. Thanks to Mr. Mobin Uddin, Monitoring Officer, World Vision, Godagari for providing me lot of supports to find local elected people, DAE field staff and BMDA personnel. I am highly thankful to CSD team and my family members who look all the trouble and extended help in finishing the research. I am highly indebted to Asif Rayhan, Kamrul Hassan Noyon for extensive field works and Nakib Abdullah for data entry & analysis. I am thankful to Mr. Kapil Roy for designing of the book and Mr. Saleh Al Mahmud for all sorts of logistics for the work. 3 Farmer’s Perception on Climate Change and Adaptation Related to Drought-The Case of Northern Part of Bangladesh Table of Contents Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................11 1. Chapter One: Introduction.........................................................................................................................13 1.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................13 1.2 Background............................................................................................................................14 1.3 Problem statement..................................................................................................................14 1.4 Objectives of the study...........................................................................................................15 1.5 Research questions.................................................................................................................15 2. Chapter Two: Literature Review..............................................................................................................16 2. Climate and weather...............................................................................................................16 2.1 Seasons...................................................................................................................................16 2.2 Temperature............................................................................................................................17 2.3 Rainfall...................................................................................................................................17 2.4 Humidity.................................................................................................................................17 2.5 Soil Moisture..........................................................................................................................18 2.6 Climate change.......................................................................................................................18 2.6.1 Impacts of climate change in Bangladesh..............................................................................18 2.6.2 Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture.................................................................................19 2.7 Drought perception..................................................................................................................19 2.7.1 Impacts of drought..................................................................................................................19 2.7.2 Drought adaptation....................................................................................................................20 3. Chapter Three: Study area and Methodology...............................................................................................21 3.1 Research Framework................................................................................................................21 3.2 Selection of the study area.....................................................................................................21 3.2.1 Description of the study area....................................................................................... ..........22 3.2.1.1 General information of Rajshahi District...............................................................................22 3.2.1.2 General information of Godagari Upazila..............................................................................22 3.2.1.3 General information of Tanore Upazila..................................................................................23 3.2.2.1 General information of Chapai Nawabganj district................................................................23 4 Farmer’s Perception on Climate Change and Adaptation Related to Drought-The Case of Northern Part of Bangladesh 3.2.2.2 General information of Nachole Upazila...............................................................................24 3.2.2.3 General information Shibganj Upazila...................................................................................25 3.2.3.1 General information of Naogoan............................................................................................25 3.2.3.2 General information Niamatpur Upazila................................................................................26 3.2.3.3 General information of Porsha Upazila..................................................................................27 3.3 Floral diversity of the study area...........................................................................................28 3.4 Fauna of the study area..........................................................................................................29 3.5 Determination of sample size.................................................................................................30 3.6 Selection of respondents’ for household survey.....................................................................31 3.6.1 Selection of respondents in Panihar village...........................................................................31 3.6.2 Selection of respondents in Batashpur village.......................................................................31 3.6.3 Selection of respondents in Barenda village..........................................................................31 3.6.4 Selection of respondents in Kanthalia para village................................................................31 3.6.5 Selection of respondents in Rudrapur village........................................................................32 3.6.6 Selection of respondents in Nishkinpur village.....................................................................32 3.7 Secondary data collection......................................................................................................32