Consistency between farmers’ perceptions of climate change (CC) and meteorological trends leads to effective farm adaptation strategies. This study was conducted in hazard-prone districts, Kurigram (riverbank erosion-prone) and Nilphamari (drought-prone), of the northwest region of Bangladesh to compare farmers’ perceptions of CC with meteorological trends, and to examine farm adaptation measures. A total of 252 smallholder households were interviewed. Household survey, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and field observations were carried out to collect the primary data. The findings revealed that farmers’ perceptions of CC were consistent with the meteorological trends of the past 30 years (1986–2015) and showed increasing temperature parameters and decreasing rainfall parameters. Farmers perceived negative impacts were increased summer temperature and length of summer days, decreased rainfall intensity, number of rainy days and length of winter days as well as increased intensity of floods, droughts, riverbank erosion and other natural hazards. The farmers also noted significant moderate to high impact of CC on agricultural production. The practiced adaptation strategies were low to medium, and almost all the households applied traditional strategies including compost and manure in their fields and practiced crop rotation as well as homestead gardening to minimize the adverse impact of CC. The study recommends bridging information gaps between the scientific community and farmers about CC adaptation options to meet challenges posed by CC. This study also provides field-based evidence for devising CC mitigation and adaptation policies.

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比较农民对气候变化的看法与气象趋势并检查孟加拉国西北部灾害易发地区的农场适应措施

农民对气候变化 (CC) 的看法与气象趋势之间的一致性导致了有效的农场适应战略。本研究在孟加拉国西北部地区的灾害多发地区 Kurigram（河岸侵蚀多发）和 Nilphamari（干旱多发）进行，目的是将农民对 CC 的看法与气象趋势进行比较，并检查农场适应措施。共采访了 252 户小农户。通过入户调查、关键知情人访谈、焦点小组讨论和实地观察来收集原始数据。研究结果表明，农民对 CC 的认知与过去 30 年（1986-2015 年）的气象趋势一致，并表现出温度参数增加和降雨参数减少。农民认为的负面影响是夏季温度升高和夏季天数增加，降雨强度、雨天数和冬季天数减少，以及洪水、干旱、河岸侵蚀和其他自然灾害的强度增加。农民还注意到 CC 对农业生产的显着中到高影响。实践的适应策略为低到中等，几乎所有家庭都采用传统策略，包括在田间堆肥和肥料，并进行轮作和宅基地园艺，以尽量减少 CC 的不利影响。该研究建议弥合科学界和农民之间关于 CC 适应选项的信息差距，以应对 CC 带来的挑战。