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The Importance of Farmers’ Perceptions of Salinity and Adaptation Strategies for Ensuring Food Security: Evidence from the Coastal Rice Growing Areas of Bangladesh

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Islam, Md Aminul, Warwick, Nigel, Koech, Richard, Amin, Md Nurul, Lobry de Bruyn, Lisa·2020·Science of The Total Environment
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138674
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Coastal salinity causes substantial adverse impacts on agricultural productivity and food security. Farmers' choice of salinity adaptation strategies might depend on how they perceive the problem. This research examined rice farmers' perceptions of salinity, adaptation strategies, and its implications for policy initiatives to sustain rice production in the affected coastal areas of Bangladesh. Boro rice growers (n = 109) randomly selected from two coastal sub-districts were interviewed using a semi-structured survey. Awareness of salinity and its increase over the past 20 years was widespread among rice farmers. A high proportion of farmers (90%) perceived the reproductive (e.g. booting, heading, and flowering) stages of the rice plant as the most sensitive to salinity problems. Salinity (ECe) was measured in the farmers' fields and were categorized according to farmers' perceptions and scientific interpretation (e.g. high or low). Farmers perceived a field affected by high salinity at a lower EC reading than the scientific interpretation of the salinity level. Most of the farmers (67%) were undertaking early transplanting and applying irrigation in order to adapt to salinity problems which occur later in rice crop growth during Boro season. Thus, farmers' actions demonstrated that their perceptions of salinity and adaptation responses were pre-emptive of when salinity was most likely to have an impact on the rice crop. Farmers' perceptions of salinization and measures to manage salinity need to be considered in research prioritization and policy formulation by the government. This action could potentially secure rice production and thus contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-1, 2 and 3).

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Authors
Islam, M. A., Warwick, N., Koech, R., Amin, M. N., & Lobry de Bruyn, L.
Affiliations
  • University of New England (AU)
  • Central Queensland University (AU)
Corresponding author
Islam, Md Aminul
ORCID
Venue
Science of The Total Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-07
Volume
727
Pages
138674
ISSN
0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138674
OpenAlex
W3016865939
Cited by
72
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 11
FWCI
6.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Acquire (CQUniversity) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RUNE (Research UNE) (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of New England
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Keywords
coastal salinity, farmer perceptions, food security, boro rice, early transplanting, irrigation, salt tolerance, agricultural policy
MeSH terms
Farmers, Agriculture, Bangladesh, Food Supply, Humans, Oryza, Salinity

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