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Assessing the interrelationship between monsoon flood disasters and major crop production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh faces various acute and chronic natural calamities due to its precarious global positioning. Floods are among Bangladesh's leading and most frequent disasters. While much research has been published on the association between flood risk and agricultural losses, significant gaps exist in recognizing the relationship between monsoon flood disasters and agrarian land and production losses. This study aims to investigate the substantial crop losses brought on by monsoon floods, with a particular emphasis on the impacts of floods on crop productivity and strategies to mitigate those effects. It also describes the FAO method for assessing flood damage to the agricultural sector, concentrating mainly on flood damage to rice and jute crops. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were employed to collect and analyze the data for this study. Primary data was collected through interviews, structured questionnaires, personal observations, and informal discussions with 250 respondents. Secondary data was obtained from official records such as libraries, journals, yearly reports, statistics yearbooks, newspapers, and other relevant sources.
The combined quantitative and qualitative data revealed that flooding interrupts crop-growing patterns (rice, potato, pepper, and maize), decreases cropping land area, reduces crop production, and affects socio-economic conditions overall. In addition, this study focuses on the barriers and constraints that could obviate flood management. Hence, floods cause production losses of about 2.25 metric tons of rice and 2 metric tons of jute, equivalent to more than 50,000 ($600) and 45,000 ($550) BDT, individually. The study further recommended a monsoon flood management approach that prioritizes resilience and infrastructure development through constant surveillance and evaluation to ensure regional food security utilizing sustainable crop production. The crop damage assessment method described in this paper can also be applied in other areas for flood risk management.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR) is the journal for researchers, policymakers and practitioners across diverse disciplines: earth sciences and their implications; environmental sciences; engineering; urban studies; geography; and the social sciences. IJDRR publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies with a particular focus on multi-disciplinary research that aims to reduce the impact of natural, technological, social and intentional disasters. IJDRR stimulates exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer on disaster research, mitigation, adaptation, prevention and risk reduction at all geographical scales: local, national and international.
Key topics:-
-multifaceted disaster and cascading disasters
-the development of disaster risk reduction strategies and techniques
-discussion and development of effective warning and educational systems for risk management at all levels
-disasters associated with climate change
-vulnerability analysis and vulnerability trends
-emerging risks
-resilience against disasters.
The journal particularly encourages papers that approach risk from a multi-disciplinary perspective.