FOOD SECURITY WITH SAVING NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH CLIMATE SMART CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE IN BANGLADESH
By: Ilias Hossain,Golam Faruq,Abdul Hakim,Shahidul Alam
Key Words: Climate Smart Conservation Technologies, Natural Resources, Climate Change and Food Security
JLES-Vol-16-No-P-63-68, December 2021.
Abstract: A seventeen years long-term study was conducted on climate smart conservation technologies (CSCTs) at the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Regional Station, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The study compares to the effects of four straw retention (SR)/tillage treatments (30% SR of all crops+Permanent raised beds (PRB), 0% SR +PRB, 30% SR+ Conventional tillage practice (CTP) and 0% SR+ CTP in an intensified rice-wheat systems adding a pulse crop. Another five tillage options as Direct seeded rice (DSR), zero, strip and unpuddled transplanted rice in PRB system and farmers practice (FP) with 30% straw retention were also evaluated in rice-wheat system both in on-station and on-farm water stress drought prone areas for getting higher crops productivity with saving natural resources. From the results, it was revealed that CSCTs saving 32% water and 12-15% total system productivity when 30% SR both from wheat and rice and full residue retention from mungbean. CSCTs saved 40-46 % labor over CTP now very crucial issue in Bangladesh. It saved 42 litre/ha/year fuel with 44% less CO2 emission in the atmosphere in rice-wheat-mungbean systems. 13-37 % less global warming potential in DSR and wheat under PRB system and more in CTP in puddle transplanted rice.Soil organic was increased by 0.82% after 17 years crop cycles. Compared with all trials, it is concluded that CSCTs appears to be a very promising climate resilient technology for saving natural resources, ensuring food security and increased soil fertility for sustainable intensification as well as reduces global warming in drought prone water stress environment in Bangladesh.
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Findings
Permanent bed systems with 30% residue retention both from wheat and rice and full residue retention from mungbean crop were found higher productivity over conventional practice with 0% residue retention. Less global warming potential was found from direct seeded rice and wheat under raised bed system and more in conventional both puddle transplanted rice, compared to the conventional practice. All resource conservation technologies reduced the global warming potential by 13-37%. 0.72% organic matter increased after seventeen years’ crop cycles for 30% residue retention from wheat and rice and full residue retained from mungbean crops. It saved 23, 25 & 29 % water under PRB with 30% residue retention from rice-wheat– mungbean cropping pattern. PRB with 30% SR saved 42 litre/ha/year fuels with 44% less CO2 emission in the atmosphere in rice-wheat-mungbean system.
Conclusions
30% residue retention from wheat and rice and full residue retained from mungbean crops under permanent beds were the best combination for getting higher productivity as well as improve soil fertility. Saved 30% water with less 44% CO2 emission resource conserving technologies from all three crops. 0.72% organic matter increased after twelve years’ crop cycle with30% straw retention from both wheat and rice and full residue retained from mungbean crops. Compared with all treatments, the raised bed system with 30% residue retained appears to be a very promising technology for sustainable intensification of RW systems in Bangladesh
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Ilias Hossain,Golam Faruq,Abdul Hakim,Shahidul Alam
FOOD SECURITY WITH SAVING NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH CLIMATE SMART CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE IN BANGLADESH
JLES-Vol-16-No-P-63-68, December 2021.
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