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Climate Change and Urban Food Security Challenges for Dhaka
Monirul MirzaAdaptation & Impacts Research
Section (AIRS), Environment CanadaBonn, May 13, 2012
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The Three Questions
• What are the approaches to ensure UPA’s greater visibility in policy & planning for resilient cities?
• What are the responses for adapting urban agriculture and food systems to future climate change?
• What are the key enabling factors for promoting innovation in urban agriculture?
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The Study Area for the UPA
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UPA: Importance to Dhaka
• Uncertainty in food supply from rural areas
• UPA can contribute to food security, poverty alleviation and public health
• UA can positively contribute to environmental management
Photos: Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
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Future Climate Change in Bangladesh
Source: World Bank, 2010
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Climate Change: Risks for Agriculture
• Production losses from increased floods, droughts, fogs & heat stress
• 3.1% annual agriculture GDP loss until 2050
• Loss of employment
• Food security problem especially in urban centers
• Pressure on other key economic sectors
Photos: Practical Action
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Adaptation Options & Policies
• Learning from the past
• Identifying barriers and obstacles
• Mainstreaming of Adaptation
• Outlining future options
• Economics of adaptation
• Innovations & Capacity building• Dissemination, implementation
& evaluation
Photos: Practical Action, BRRI & IRRI
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Enabling Environment/Factors for UPA Innovation
• Knowledge & capacity needs assessment• Investments in innovation policy & associated
governance structure• Investments in regulatory frameworks that affect
agricultural innovation• Investments in urban/peri-urban credit, agri-
infrastructure, markets, etc.• Environmental sustainability & poverty reduction
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Policy & Action Responses
• UPA with special focus in the national agriculture policy
• Policy to integrate UPA with other sectoral policies, e.g. land, water, etc.
• Administrative & regulatory policy changes to promote UPA
• Promoting UPA as an integral component of resilient city concept
• Special investment policy for innovations focusing on the UPA