CHAPTER 5
Natural Disasters and Agriculture in Bangladesh: Planning and Management
Nasim Banu
Department of Development Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh
Introduction
Bangladesh is a country with a population of 166 million people, in a geographic area of 144,000 sq. km. Here, people depend mostly on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture is an integrated activity with an interrelationship between crops and noncrops like livestock, fishery, and forestry. Crops and noncrops of agriculture are equally vulnerable and at risk of natural disasters arising from intensified global climate change. Agriculture is the mainstay of Bangladesh, as reflected in its share in the gross domestic product (GDP) and employment. During the sixth ...
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