FARMERS ’ OPINION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT IN HAOR AREA OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

The study was aimed to examine the Farmers’ opinion about climate change effect in haor area of Bangladesh and estimate the level of contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to the effect of climate change on agriculture. The study used quantitative and qualitative methods based on data collection. The locale of the study was conducted in Mohanganj upazila under Netrokona district and data were collected from 80 farmers in March, 2023. Descriptive statistics, multiple regressions, were used for data analysis. In case of study, 50.0 percent of the farmers encountered high effect, 33.75 percent faced medium effect and 16.25 percent of the farmers encountered low effect of climate change in haor area of Bangladesh. Among the variables age, family size, annual family income, educational qualification, access to ICTs, perception on climate change, attitude towards adverse effect climate change and Farmer’s opinion about Climate Change effect in Haor Area of Bangladesh had significant contribution to the effect of climate change on the farmers in haor area of Bangladesh. It is concluded that climate change may play an important role in decreasing the yield of agricultural production and increasing the number of adopted new varieties of agricultural crops by the farmers. It is recommended that the Bangladesh government should take initiative such as ensuring adult education, giving more knowledge to ICTs, adopting resistant varieties for reducing effect of climate change on farmers in haor areas of Bangladesh for a sustainable agricultural development