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Agriculture Situation Update . Facts about the Agriculture Sector. 19 percent of national GDP 75 percent of the population live in rural areas and are engaged in farming or related activities 35 million people employed
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Agriculture SituationUpdate Assessment and Analysis
Facts about the Agriculture Sector • 19 percent of national GDP • 75 percent of the population live in rural areas and are engaged in farming or related activities • 35 million people employed • 60 percent of the economically active population, of which half is female. Assessment and Analysis
Crop Type and Area Under Inundation • Sadar & Tala • 83,452 farmers lost 10,860 hectares of aus and T aman rice crops, vegetables and tubers. 2012 yield reduction expected 20-30% (DLS) Assessment and Analysis
Cropping Calendar A typical Rice cropping System calendar for Satkhira A typical crop calendar for Satkhira The majority of farmers growing aus rice lost their crops to the flood as it was ready for harvest. T aman rice was their post-flood crop. Assessment and Analysis
Economic Analysis Nearly 80 percent of Satkhira District was classified as “double cropping of rice” employing a large number of landless labourers. Assessment and Analysis
Livestock Losses due to Water Logging • 142,800 chickens • 4,381 ducks • 62,800 cows • 58,500 goats • 1,280 sheep • 180 buffalo Source: Department of Livestock Services (DLS) • Infrastructural losses were estimated around Tk. 217 lakh Sadar & Tala 18,840 livestock rearers who lost or were forced to sell their animals, or were affected by a relocation and loss of production, from 32,200 cattle, 33,600 goats, 840 sheep, and 66,000 chickens and ducks Assessment and Analysis
Fisheries Damages due to Water Logging • Around 27,967 fishers and fishermen affected • Sadar & Tala: 20,182 fish farmers who suffered damage to fish ponds and lost 9,086 metric tonnes of fish-stock, 1,564 metric tonnes of shrimps and 19.5 million fingerlings. Source: Department of Livestock Services (DLS) • Estimated financial loss due to inundation Tk. 30147.17 lakh Assessment and Analysis
Joint FAO & GoB Interventions (2011) Assessment and Analysis
FAO Interventions (2011) Assessment and Analysis
Upcoming FAO Interventions Assessment and Analysis
Upcoming FAO Interventions OVERALL GOAL: Reduce vulnerability (by improving food production and income generation) and develop coping mechanisms to protect livelihoods against future flooding and water-logging. OUTCOME: The adoption of agricultural diversification, technologies and practices by 1000 farmers from Satkhila District that are unable to grow rice crops because of persistent water-logging of their paddy fields Assessment and Analysis