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Agriculture is a major sector of Bangladesh's economy. More than 30% of the cultivable land in Bangladesh is in the coastal area. Out of 2.86 million hectares of coastal and off-shore lands about 1.056 million ha of arable lands are affected by varying degrees of salinity. Farmers mostly cultivate low yielding, traditional rice varieties during wet season. Most of the land remains fallow in the dry season (January- May) because of soil salinity, lack of good quality irrigation water and late draining condition. Crop production of the salt affected areas in the coastal regions differs considerably from non-saline areas. Because of salinity, special environmental and hydrological situation exists, that restrict the normal crop production throughout the year. In the recent past, with the changing degree of salinity of some areas due to further intrusion of saline water, normal crop production becomes very risky. Crop yields, cropping intensity, production levels and people’s quality of livelihood are much lower than that in other parts of the country. At the same time food...

Saline R&D Center,Rampal, Bagerhat

Bangladesh is a deltaic plain which has a very flat and low topography except the northeast and south-east region. About 10% of the country is hardly 1m above the mean sea level and one-third is under tidal excursions. It has about 710 km long coastline running parallel to the Bay of Bengal.

Climate change, the result of global warming and its negative consequence on environment and agro ecosystem is a serious concern of global community of recent age. It is considered as one of the most serious threats to the environment with its potential negative impacts on food security, agriculture, fisheries, human health, biodiversity, water and other natural resources. In Bangladesh, we have evidences of increased frequency of floods, changing rainfall patterns, more frequent droughts and salinity intrusion.

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