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Resilience of Farmers in Response to Salinity Intrusion Problem in Agricultural Fields of Coastal Region of Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is an agriculture depended nations where most of the population depend their livelihood on agriculture related activities. Climate Change is one of the biggest threat for Bangladesh because of frequent natural hazards outbreak in the nation and destroying the huge mass and properties over the year. Agriculture sector is one of major sector for Bangladesh that significantly damaged through reducing crop production, loss of agriculture land and shifting the profession of coastal people. This book chapter tries to explore the saline water intrusion and soil quality and fertility status of agriculture fields and also adaptation practices by the farmers communities in the study areas of south-eastern coast of Bangladesh. The present study reveals that surface water salinity were found high in everywhere and soil quality were alarming here. Soil pH was strongly acidic and soil color was black and blackish, brown and reddish but soil temperature was optimum for particular vegetable growth. Salinity level in agriculture field was also very strong and soil fertility status was moderate because sand and clay dominating soil structure, sandy loam, and silt loam leading soil texture and soil bulk density (g/cm3) were moderate. Besides, the authors also discover some indigenous knowledge-based adaptation and coping practices of the farmers for reducing the impact of climate change in the study areas. Salinity intrusion problem in the agriculture field responsible for low production and economic loss for the farmers of the study areas. Farmers are trying to cope some crop innovation techniques for adopting with changing climatic circumstances. This book chapter will help to demonstrate adaptation practices by the farmers for reducing the salinity level of agriculture field which will be effective in the climate change vulnerable area of other parts of the country and worldwide while the area was affected by salinization problem.

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  1. Department of Knowledge Management for Development, Young Power in Social Action, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    Prabal Barua

  2. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Abhijit Mitra

  3. Department of Zoology, Sundarban Hazi Desarat College, South 24 Parganas, Pathankhali, West Bengal, India

    Anisa Mitra

  4. Department of Water Engineering, College of Agriculture, Center of Excellence in Risk Management and Natural Hazards, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

    Saeid Eslamian

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Barua, P., Mitra, A., Mitra, A., Eslamian, S. (2023). Resilience of Farmers in Response to Salinity Intrusion Problem in Agricultural Fields of Coastal Region of Bangladesh. In: Alam, A., Rukhsana (eds) Climate Change, Agriculture and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28251-5_8

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