Climate change risks and food security in Bangladesh

Climate change risks and food security in Bangladesh / Winston H. Yu [and others].

Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. Despite significant investments, floods, droughts, and cyclones during the last two decades continue to cause extensive economic damage and impair livelihoods. Climate change will pose additional...

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Other Authors: Yu, Winston H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, ©2010.
Series:Earthscan climate
Subjects:
Crops and climate > Bangladesh.
Climatic changes > Bangladesh.
Food security > Environmental aspects > Bangladesh.
Agricultural productivity > Environmental aspects > Bangladesh.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Bangladesh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Agricultural productivity > Environmental aspects
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Climatic changes
Crops and climate
Bangladesh
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. Despite significant investments, floods, droughts, and cyclones during the last two decades continue to cause extensive economic damage and impair livelihoods. Climate change will pose additional risks to ongoing efforts to reduce poverty. This book examines the implications of climate change on food security in Bangladesh and identifies adaptation measures in the agriculture sector using a comprehensive integrated framework. First, the most recent science available is used to characterize c.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 144 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781849776387
1849776385
1136532501
9781136532504
1282789740
9781282789746
9786612789748
6612789743
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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