SNIGDHA ROY1* and MD. TORIKUL ISLAM2
1Metropolitan Agriculture Officer, Metropolitan Agriculture Office, Kamrangirchar, Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh and 2Program Director, Safe Betel Leaf Production Technology Extension Program, Department of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh. Email: mtitutul@gmail.com. *Corresponding author’s Email: snigdharoy77@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to explore the women’s adaptation to climate change in concern to food security of Bangladesh in three coastal Upazilas namely Betagi, Pathorghata and Taltoli under Borguna District of Bangladesh from 20th July, 2017 to 31st December 2018.Climate change has become one of the most important global issues in the current global political context. Due to industrialization, fossil fuel burning, carbon emissions and other human activities such as changes of land use, changes in agricultural practices, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions contribute to climate change. Although women play a vital role in agriculture, water management, natural resource management, maintaining biodiversity and adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change, they are not sufficiently recognized in climate related policy formulation and implementation, the equal distribution of fund allocations or other development issues. Some community-based approaches show positive results in adapting to changing climate patterns, but the lack of monitoring and collaboration between government organizations, local government, non-government organizations, grassroots people, policy makers and other women’s organization create constraints to achieve food security in changing climate. This research will show how women’s adaptation strategies can bring positive outcome to ensure food security due to climate change. This research paper is to examine how social constraints, the gender division of labour; unequal power relations and poverty disproportionately impact on women and how women’s adaptation strategies can ensure food security which need to be incorporated in policies and action plans.
Keywords: Gender, Climate change adaptation, Agriculture and Food security.