Agricultural Practice and its Relation to Poverty and Food Security in Selected River Basins in Bangladesh: A Situation Analysis

Poverty and food security in the context of Bangladesh has become a major concern over time. While efforts have been intensified to increase crop yield through increased land use, using inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation equipments, and so forth, these activities are frequently threatened by natural and biological hazards such as floods, cyclones, tornadoes, drought, and insects/pests. Moreover, it is assumed that the climate change induced changes of precipitation pattern would have an impact on the flooding characteristics across the basins of the Ganges, Meghna and the Brahmaputra (GMB) rivers, which might influence the agricultural land use and livelihood of people living near the river basin. This study attempts to present a situation analysis in the context of agricultural practices in the GMB basins and its relation to poverty and food security. [Working Paper No. 24]. URL:[http://www.bracresearch.org/workingpapers/RED%20_Working_Paper_24.pdf].