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Assessment of changing pattern of crop water stress in Bangladesh

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The Palmers’ crop moisture index (CMI) was used to assess the changing pattern of crop water stress of Bangladesh. Daily rainfall and temperature data for the period 1961–2010 recorded at eleven meteorological stations distributed across the country were used to estimate the time series of CMI. The run theory was used to estimate a set of metrics from CMI to define different characteristics of annual and seasonal crop water stress. The Mann–Kendall trend test was used for the assessment of the significance of the changes in crop water stress indicators at 95% and 99% level of confidence. The results showed that crop water stress in Bangladesh has increased in recent years, particularly in the pre-monsoon season. The annual and pre-monsoon cumulative crop water stress index was found to increase significantly in 5 and 4 out of 11 stations, respectively. As the major portion of total crop in Bangladesh is grown during pre-monsoon season, increasing crop water stress can affect agriculture and food security of Bangladesh. The set of matrices developed in this study can be to understand the different characteristics of water stress and adopting necessary mitigation measures in the context of climate change.

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The authors would like to state their appreciation to the funding from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, MJIIT Flagship Grant (R.J130000.7722.4J282).

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  1. Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    Sumaiya Jarin Ahammed, Rajab Homsi, Najeebullah Khan, Shamsuddin Shahid, Mohammed Sanusi Shiru, Morteza Mohsenipour, Kamal Ahmed & Nor Eliza Alias

  2. Faculty of Water Resource Management, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences (LUAWMS), Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan

    Najeebullah Khan, Kamal Ahmed & Nadeem Nawaz

  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Federal University Dutse, P.M.B 7156, Dutse, Nigeria

    Mohammed Sanusi Shiru & Nor Eliza Alias

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    Ali Yuzir

  5. Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center, Malaysian-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), UTM Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra (Jalan Semarak), 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Nor Eliza Alias & Ali Yuzir

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Ahammed, S.J., Homsi, R., Khan, N. et al. Assessment of changing pattern of crop water stress in Bangladesh. Environ Dev Sustain 22, 4619–4637 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00400-w

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