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
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Executive Summary; Glossary of Terms; Acronyms; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Vulnerability to Climate Risks; Chapter 3 Future Climate Scenarios; Chapter 4 Future Flood Hydrology; Chapter 5 Future Crop Performance; Chapter 6 Economy-wide Impacts of Climate Risks; Chapter 7 Adaptation Options in the Agriculture Sector; Chapter 8 The Way Forward Turning Ideas into Action; Annexes; References; Index; Colour plates.

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