| Major Climate Stress |
Adaptation options |
Regions |
| Flood |
Shifting planting time, short duration rice variety, increase the height of mad wall, using flood tolerant rice variety, floating bed agriculture, Flood warning system development |
Bagerhaat, Shariatpur |
| Drought |
Short duration rice variety, surface water based irrigation, shifting planting time, drought resistant rice variety, rainwater harvesting |
Kushtia, Shariatpur |
| Storm/hailstorm |
Replantation, early crop harvesting, short duration variety, Shifting planting time |
Bagerhaat, Shariatpur |
| Cold wave |
Use more chemical, fertilizer and pesticides, vitamins such as Entergol, Asamil etc. are used to the cold affected crops |
Bagerhaat, Kushtia, Shariatpur |
| Salinity intrusion |
Rice-prawn/shrimp farming, cultivating saline tolerant variety, rainwater harvesting, desalinization |
Bagerhaat |
| Water logging |
Excavating the canals of surrounding field, digging drain, excess water is withdrawn by pump from the field |
Bagerhaat |
| Climate variability |
Use more fertilizer, apply additional pesticides and insecticides |
Bagerhaat, Kushtia, Shariatpur |
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