| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Bangladesh is prone to the danger of different natural calamities and is going to be most affected
due to climate change-induced events in the upcoming decades. This study attempted to assess the farmers’
awareness, perception and the impact of climate change on the livelihood of people living in the Haor area of
Kishoregang, Bangladesh. A total of 230 respondents were interviewed in the study area (Khatkhal union) using
the cluster sampling technique. Only 52.2% of farmers are found to be aware of climate change, 61.7% unaware
and 47.8% did not know the consequences of rapid climate change. Climate change and the unavailability of flood
control embankments are considered as the main reasons for flash floods. Due to the devastating flash flood that
occurred in early April 2017; most of the farmers lost more than two-thirds of their standing crops. Flash flood
has a large scale impact on soil degradation. As a consequence of these effects, crop production was observed to
be reduced the following year. People from Khoishore village are affected by riverbank erosion while the people
from Dalargaon village and Hasimpur village are severely affected by Riverbed fill up. Above 93%, people of
three villages opined that there is a severe climate change impact on pisciculture, biodiversity and cultivable land. | en_US |
