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Teesta river basin is one of the hazard-prone areas in Bangladesh. Flood, riverbank erosion and hailstorm are the most devastating natural hazards to agriculture in this area. Therefore, adaptation measures are obligatory to sustain the livelihood and food security of the households. This study has investigated the indigenous and institutional adaptation measures of the farming households using survey data collected from three districts of Bangladesh. The results reveal that more than half of the respondents have changed the crops’ seeding or planting time, adopting resilient crop varieties to avoid the climatic hazards, whereas about 45% of respondents have adopted crop rotation to sustain soil fertility. They also adopt non-agricultural adaptation strategies such as a change in profession, taking credit from different sources and using agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. Poor farmers receive relatively little support from the government to enhance their adaptation strategies. Institutional support such as technical and financial support is needed to promote farmers’ adaptation process.
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Mamun, M.A.A. et al. (2023). Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture at Teesta Basin in Bangladesh. In: Das, J., Bhattacharya, S.K. (eds) Monitoring and Managing Multi-hazards. GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15377-8_19
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