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This chapter discusses the factors that are related to crop loss due to drought. Detailed discussions on groundwater tables were made in the earlier section mentioning expansion of irrigated agriculture and depletion of groundwater tables. A few discussions were made in chapter three related to the status of drought (frequency, scale, magnitude, seasonality, etc.). This chapter discussed other factors (low precipitation, drought frequency and non-availability of groundwater) that are influencing crop loss during drought. It was observed that except income of the household, gender, migration, age of the respondents and all other variables have significant influence on crop yields. Drought frequency, support, locations, occupations and agricultural land holdings were found as the significant variables. Farmers are practicing several adaptation measures including re-sowing, early sowing, late planting and changing the cropping patterns. Several livelihood such as van pulling, small trade, handicrafts and nursey exist in the Barind Tract of Bangladesh.
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Islam, M.S. (2023). Factors Influence Crop Yields and Social Vulnerability. In: Cultivation and Drought Management in Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35418-2_4
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