Disruption and Adaptation: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in ArKandi Village of Bangladesh
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adaptation, climate change, agriculture, BangladeshAbstract
Though climate change is a global crisis, it has harmful effects on the lives and livelihoods at the local level and agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors exposed to this issue. The present study aims to explore the impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector and adaptation in a riverine village in Bangladesh. Utilizing mixed methods, this study attempts to unravel the disastrous impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector including reduced quality of agro-ingredients and lower rates of crop production that eventually disrupt the lives and livelihoods of the peasants. However, people in that village tend to adopt different adaptation strategies to combat such effects. In this regard, they make their decisions based on the types of calamities by utilizing local knowledge and perceptions, intuitions and experiments, and institutional guidance.
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