BSS, Rajshahi :
Strengthening capacity of grassroots communities and establishing good governance everywhere can be the vital means of facing the adverse impact of climate change.
Seasonal crops farming including vegetables and natural wetlands were affected badly due to the changed climatic condition. So, there is no alternative to strengthen the farmers’ capacity and good governance to manage the odd situation.
The observation came in view-sharing meeting with grassroots level farmers titled “Strengthening Capacity of Local Communities and Good Governance to Mitigate Disasters and Climate Change” at Bargachhi Union Parishad complex under Paba Upazila in the district on Sunday afternoon.
Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) and Farmers Organisations Coordination Committee jointly organised the meeting in association with Strengthen Peoples Led Resiliency Program to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction project.
More than 70 farmers both male and female joined the meeting and took part in its open discussion.
The project aims at improving rural communities’ climate change resiliency by teaching communities to adapt and to protect themselves from climate change induced hazards.
With UP Chairman Sohel Rana in the chair, BARCIK Barind Regional Coordinator Shahidul Islam and farmers Rohima Khatun and Monira Begum spoke on the occasion as resource persons.
National Agriculture Award Winner farmer Abdur Rahim addressed the discussion as focal person narrating their sufferings caused by the impact of climate change.
Adverse impacts of climate change have triggered recurrence of natural disasters posing a serious threat to the farming of seasonal crops, including vegetables and the living conditions of farmers’ community in the region.
He observed that the duration of winter along with its intensity has been changed remarkably during the last couple of years which is detrimental to winter crops farming.
Time-befitting measures need to be adopted urgently to boost agricultural productions for ensuring food security amid adverse impacts of climatic changes.
Shahidul Islam read out the concept paper on the issue pointing out that the existing agricultural system has started facing a serious threat because of climate change that also leads to various natural disasters.
To face the odd situation, Bangladesh Climate Change Resilient Fund and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund should be more effective so that the vulnerable people can derive total benefits of the funds and there is no alternative to it, he added.
Strengthening capacity of grassroots communities and establishing good governance everywhere can be the vital means of facing the adverse impact of climate change.
Seasonal crops farming including vegetables and natural wetlands were affected badly due to the changed climatic condition. So, there is no alternative to strengthen the farmers’ capacity and good governance to manage the odd situation.
The observation came in view-sharing meeting with grassroots level farmers titled “Strengthening Capacity of Local Communities and Good Governance to Mitigate Disasters and Climate Change” at Bargachhi Union Parishad complex under Paba Upazila in the district on Sunday afternoon.
Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) and Farmers Organisations Coordination Committee jointly organised the meeting in association with Strengthen Peoples Led Resiliency Program to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction project.
More than 70 farmers both male and female joined the meeting and took part in its open discussion.
The project aims at improving rural communities’ climate change resiliency by teaching communities to adapt and to protect themselves from climate change induced hazards.
With UP Chairman Sohel Rana in the chair, BARCIK Barind Regional Coordinator Shahidul Islam and farmers Rohima Khatun and Monira Begum spoke on the occasion as resource persons.
National Agriculture Award Winner farmer Abdur Rahim addressed the discussion as focal person narrating their sufferings caused by the impact of climate change.
Adverse impacts of climate change have triggered recurrence of natural disasters posing a serious threat to the farming of seasonal crops, including vegetables and the living conditions of farmers’ community in the region.
He observed that the duration of winter along with its intensity has been changed remarkably during the last couple of years which is detrimental to winter crops farming.
Time-befitting measures need to be adopted urgently to boost agricultural productions for ensuring food security amid adverse impacts of climatic changes.
Shahidul Islam read out the concept paper on the issue pointing out that the existing agricultural system has started facing a serious threat because of climate change that also leads to various natural disasters.
To face the odd situation, Bangladesh Climate Change Resilient Fund and Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund should be more effective so that the vulnerable people can derive total benefits of the funds and there is no alternative to it, he added.
