Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh : Stress Tolerant Seeds for Stress-Prone Regions

In the event of global climate change,
agriculture will be one of the worst-hit sectors in
Bangladesh. Increasing global temperatures, rising sea
levels, and melting polar ice caps result in land
submergence, salinity intrusion, drought, and so on all of
which drastically impact agricultural productivity and
therefore food security and the livelihoods of millions of
people in the affected regions. Bangladesh, a low-lying
deltaic country, is predicted by the international community
of experts to be one of the first countries to be affected,
and it has already been experiencing serious impacts of
climate change. Agriculture in particular is one of the
worst-hit sectors. This smart lesson describes the
experience of the agribusiness advisory team in Bangladesh,
based on a project focused on climate change adaptation and
building resilience of the resource-poor farmers.