Agricultural Disaster Management in Bangladesh [Hardcover]

Hugh Brammer (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999

This book includes selected papers on agricultural disaster management based on the author's thirty-five years' experience in agricultural development in Bangladesh. This was a field in which the author did pioneering work: first-by analysing the impacts of natural disasters on agricultural production and indicating practical rehabilitation measures for different kinds of land and soils month by month throughout the year; then by codifying institutional procedures for reporting and assessing crop damage and for organizing appropriate relief and rehabilitation measures. Although the information and procedures relate specifically to Bangladesh, the principles described in this book can be applied in other countries, especially in countries where small-scale farmers predominate. The book comprises four parts. Part I describes Bangladesh's physical environment to assist readers in understanding the country's distinctive land use and the kinds of natural disaster which occur. Part II comprises five chapters describing procedures for preparing contingency plans, assessing damage, and preparing and monitoring rehabilitation programmes, a chapter recording the author's experience in monitoring and interpreting weather data, plus a chapter describing measures to protect flood-protection, road and railway projects from flood damage. The core of the book is contained in Part III. This comprises eleven chapters dealing with individual kinds of disaster, including floods, drought and cyclones. Each chapter systematically describes the impacts of a specific disaster type on agriculture, the preventive, precautionary, rehabilitation and relief measures that can be taken to mitigate their effects, and the role of agricultural research and extension in disaster mitigation. Part IV comprises three chapters.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 427 pages
Publisher: The University Press Ltd; 1 edition (April 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9840514482
ISBN-13: 978-9840514489
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,255,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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