INSTITUTIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 9

CASE STUDY

Climate variability and
change: adaptation to
drought in Bangladesh

A resource book and training guide

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Table of contents

Part I   [800Kb]

Preface

Part II   [640Kb]

Module 1:Understanding climate variability and climate change
Module 2:Drought and its impacts
Module 3:Impacts of climate variability and change in drought-prone areas

Part III   [672Kb]

Module 4:Climate risk assessment at community level in the agriculture sector
Module 5:Agricultural adaptation options to climate variability and climate change in drought-prone areas
Module 6:Climate forecast application to improve adaptive capacity
Further reading