Farmer’s Awareness on Climate Change and Needs for Adaptation. Case Study in Dinajpur and Feni District, Bangladesh

This study aims to analyze the farmer’s perception of weather pattern changes and their capability to change crop production according to climate alteration. This is one of the leading challenges affecting the performance of agriculture and the livelihood of farmers. They play a major role in the agricultural economy and face many problems during cultivation time mainly caused by the increasing climate change. Farmers are known how to take appropriate steps to cope with this situation and when they perceive change will have to be taken. In three different agroclimatic zones in Bangladesh identifying the main differences of temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed varies a lot and discusses with farmers to know their opinion and analyze the impact of these changes in crop production. Primary data collection was undertaken by a questionary survey with individual farmers, focused group discussions and key informant interviews. Analyzing the variance, secondary data of different weather parameters were collected from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), to cross-check according to farmer's perception and BMD data. Farmers perceived changes in temperature, rainfall, wind rate, frequent flood, drought, type of soil and quality of irrigation water affecting crop production. By analyzing primary data and secondary data, how farmers' perception and weather parameters hugely affect the agricultural system.