CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Summary of Baseline Household Survey Results: Paikgacha, Khulna (Block-3), Bangladesh December 2011 Prepared by: Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka Correct citation: Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies. 2011. Summary of Baseline Household Survey Results: Paikgacha, Khulna, Bangladesh. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. Available online at: www.ccafs.cgiar.org. Published by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS Coordinating Unit - Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 21, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. Tel: +45 35331046; Email: [email protected] Creative Commons License This Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 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Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Page 1 Baseline Household Survey – Summary of Results for Paikgacha Table of Contents Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 1.0 Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 1.1 Household Respondent & Type ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 2.0 Household Demographics --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 2.1 Family Size -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 2.2 Education Levels ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 3.0 Sources of Livelihoods -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 3.1 On-farm livelihood sources ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 3.2 Discussion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 3.2 Off-farm livelihood sources ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 3.3 Diversification Indicators -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 3.4 Who does most of the work for on and off-farm products? --------------------------------------------------- 10 3.4 Sources of cash income ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 4.0 Crop, Farm Animals/Fish, Tree, and Soil, Land or Water-related Management Changes ---------------- 12 4.1 Crop-related changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Adopters of new crops/varieties --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Cropping related changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 Water management-related changes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Soil Management related changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Tree/Agro-forestry management related changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Other changes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 4.2 Reasons for crop-related changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 Climate-Related Reasons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 4.3 Livestock-related changes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Adopters of new animal types/breeds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Herd-related changes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Animal Management-Related Changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Feed-related changes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Reasons for changes to livestock rearing practices ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 4.4 Adaptation Indicator ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 4.5 Mitigation Indicators ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 5.0 Food Security ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 5.1 Food Security Indicator -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 6.0 Land, Water and Trees ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 6.1 Water for Agriculture ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 6.2 Land Use -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 7.0 Inputs and Credit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Hired Machinery or Labour ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Seeds, fertilizers and other purchased inputs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 2 Baseline Household Survey – Summary of Results for Paikgacha 7.1 Fertilizer Use --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 8.0 Climate & Weather Information ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 8.1 Who is receiving weather/climate-related information? ------------------------------------------------------- 24 Types of weather-related information ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Forecast of extreme events --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Forecasts of Pest or Disease Outbreaks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26 Forecasts of the timing of the start of the rain --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Weather forecast for the neXt 2-3 months -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Weather forecast for the neXt 2-3 days ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27 9.0 Community Groups ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 10.0 Assets --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Appendix 1: Survey Process and Team members ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 Appendix 2. List of Villages ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Appendix 3. Village Descriptions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 3 Baseline Household Survey – Summary of Results for Paikgacha 1.0 Introduction This report presents the results of an analysis of the CCAFS baseline household survey carried out in late January 2011 in 7 villages, with 140 households, in Paikgacha Upazila Sub-District, found within Khulna District in Southwest Bangladesh (Figure 1.1 shows the locations of the study villages). The objective of this survey was to gather baseline information at the household-level about some basic indicators of welfare, information sources, livelihood/agriculture/natural resource management strategies, needs and uses of climate and agricultural-related information and current risk management, mitigation and adaptation practices. The aim was to capture some of the diversity in the landscape, across communities and households, with sufficient precision in some of these indicators to capture changes that