Geoinformatics & Geostatistics: An OverviewISSN: 2327-4581

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Research Article, Geoinfor Geostat An Overview Vol: 2 Issue: 2

Crop Production Security for Flood in an Alluvial Watershed of Bangladesh

Baky AA1*, Khan AU2, and Zaman AM3
1Department of Geography and Environment, Jagannath University, Bangladesh
2Department of Geography & Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3Climate Change Specialist, Institute of Water Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Corresponding author : Abdullah Al Baky
Department of Geography and Environment, Jagannath University, Bangladesh
E-mail: baky1813@gmail.com
Received: February 03, 2014 Accepted: June 11, 2014 Published: June 21, 2014
Citation: Baky AA, Khan AU, Zaman AM (2014) Crop Production Security for Flood in an Alluvial Watershed of Bangladesh. Geoinfor Geostat: An Overview 2:2. doi:10.4172/2327-4581.1000121

Abstract

Crop Production Security for Flood in an Alluvial Watershed of Bangladesh

Alluvial watersheds of Bangladesh are suffering from moderate to highly intensified floods regularly. These floods have a destructive effect on crops production especially on Aman variety (monsoon rice variety) up to certain level of flood depth but also have a positive impact on following year’s Boro (dry period rice variety) production due to having plenty of sedimentation and ground water recharge by previous monsoon’s flood. So there is a growing need for better management of flood towards ensuring crop production security in alluvial watershed. Fully structural control of flood can not provide good result in a long run, as many scientist argue. It will have an negative impact on watershed water system, irrigation and soil fertility. So, therefore, the present study has proposed few possible flood management ways for ensuring crop production security in a pilot based alluvial watershed of Bangladesh.

Keywords: Inundation; Structural measures; Optimal flood depth; Crop production risk management

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