Climate-Smart Risk Maps and adaptation Plans for the Coastal Agriculture of Bangladesh

A M M Mostafa Ali, Md. Mostafiur Rahman, Champa Rani Saha, Syed Arman Akib Rahman, Md. Ehsanul Haue, Md. Abu Ryhan, Bui Tan Yen, Katherine Nelson, Trang Vu, Quyet Vu, Nguyen Bao Tran and Ahmad Salahuddin. 2Ͳ24. Climate-Smart Risk Maps and Adaptation Plans for the Coastal Agriculture of Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services and International Rice Research Institute. 182 p.

Bangladesh is a deltaic country where agriculture plays a significant role in the process of economic development and has a great contribution to the national GDP. The fact is that this sector is at risk due to the increasing effects of climate changes and consequently, having deviation in climate variables which ultimately cause the fall in agricultural productivity.However, under the challenging circumstances, climate-smart agricultural practices and technologies are essential to adopt in engagement of local communities and relevant stakeholders so that the predicaments can be ameliorated, and the overall agricultural production rises.

Climate smart risk mapping and adaptation planning (CS-MAP) is a participatory mapping approach of which the key functions are mapping climate-related risks for agricultural products, developing location-specific adaptation plan and supporting climate-smart management of agricultural production. The mapping tool is introduced by IRRI Vietnam under Asian Mega Delta (AMD) program under one CGIAR initiative and considers both scientific knowledge and experiences of the local communities, and facilitates multiple stakeholders to match site-specific problems to practicable measures.