Livelihood security in changing climate: Insight from the Farmer's Field Laboratory
This report documents efforts to secure livelihoods in the face of climate change-induced natural hazards through the he Farmer Field Laboratory (FFL) approach implemented by Islamic Relief Bangladesh.
This paper describes the impact of the FFL to improve the livelihood security of farmers. The data was collected through a survey method on various aspects of the intervention, in which 157 randomly selected farmers were selected as the respondents of the survey. Focus Group Discussions with an Unstructured Interview was also undertaken to understand the production technology, profitability, diversification and crop cycle. SPSS 14 and ATLAS.ti were used to analyze data. Study findings showed that about 34 climate adaptive plant and vegetable varieties, trialed under the 157 FFL plots, in which 78% trialed crops were found to be very successful. Results also suggested considerable positive impact in terms of income, agricultural investment, nutrition and savings.