Sunday, March 4, 2012

Disaster and Climate Risk Management in Agriculture

Disaster and Climate Risk Management in Agriculture: A Project of Nawga Distric. A meeting was held on the activities of the project at the office of Deputy Director of Agricultural Extension' of Nawga Disrict on 5 March 2012. Dr. M. A. K. Mian actively participated in the meeting and gave suggestions for risk management about drought regarding BARI mandaded crops. BARI Til-3 and BARI mung-6 can be grown in early kharief season. BAR Til-3 is drought tolerant. Potato yam, Ol-Kachu, mukhi-kachu, ladys finger, Bokfull, drum stick (Sajna) can be grown at drought prone areas of Nawga district. Relay lentil (BARI mosur-6) with T.aman and chickpea (BARI chola-5) after T.aman rice can be cultivated as a pattern based cropping in this area. BARI Gom -26 is an excellent wheat variey and it can be grown at late sown condition because it is a heat tolerant variey. BARI hybrid maize-5 can be grown after BINA dhan 7 or BRRI dhan 33. It also can be relayed with potato in potato growing areas. Dr. Mian also mensioned that Narica (African rice) is suitable for hilly areas as experienced during his visite at hilly areas (2011) with AD, (Abdul Latif- Now Director, Traing Wing) Agricultural Extension, Rangamati. He suggested the paticipant to visite his web. site (http: makhayermian.blogspot.com) for related information of climated and crop adaptation in Bangladesh context. An article- "Recent Research Thrust Addressing Climate Change and How far Agronomist can Do?" bears the important information about rsik management.