Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement

Sadia Ashraf; Uthpal Kumar; Sharmistha Roy; Dilip Kumar Datta

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Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement

Sadia Ashraf, Uthpal Kumar, Sharmistha Roy, Dilip Kumar Datta

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This research was conducted through analysing existing agricultural information services through ICT and traditional platforms and their usefulness in farming practices, and to explore farmers’ needs of a virtual platform (using ICT) for weather and climate information for sustainable agricultural in peri-urban Khulna. The result shows that local farmers cannot use available weather information for agricultural decision-making as it lacks location and time specific information service. Besides, majority of the farmers do not know about availability of the existing information services. In total 44% of farmers strongly agreed for an ICT based information service. Besides, 43% of farmers were agreed, and 10% of farmers were undecided for ICT based information service for agricultural decision-making. Very few farmers (only 3%) were disagreed for ICT based platform. For crop related decision-making, 27% of farmers were interested in rainfall forecast, 21% of farmers were interested in cyclone and storm surge forecast, 18% of farmers were interested in hailstorm forecast, 16% of farmers interested in temperature forecast, 14% of farmers were interested in fog forecast and 4% of farmers were interested in humidity forecast. Among 200 interviewed farmers, 34% of them told that one-week lead-time forecast is enough to prepare, while 32% of them claimed a minimum one-month led-time forecast is necessary for extra preparation according to the weather situation. This study shows that farmers preferred ICT tools are mobile apps, where 60% of them demanded information service with text, audio, and video format. This study concludes that at present situation an information service tool may have potential for sustainable agricultural practices by local farmers in the study area. In addition, to enhancing uptake and use of the existing weather information, farmers’ capacity building would bring the maximum output for informed agricultural decision-making.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management
Editors	Anisul Haque, Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhury
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	23
Pages	331-341
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030477868
ISBN (Print)	9783030477851
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_23
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2020

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Ashraf, S., Kumar, U., Roy, S., & Datta, D. K. (2020). Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement. In A. Haque, & A. I. A. Chowdhury (Eds.), Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (pp. 331-341). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_23

Ashraf, Sadia ; Kumar, Uthpal ; Roy, Sharmistha et al. / Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement. Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management. editor / Anisul Haque ; Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhury. Springer, 2020. pp. 331-341

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Ashraf, S, Kumar, U, Roy, S & Datta, DK 2020, Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement. in A Haque & AIA Chowdhury (eds), Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management. Springer, pp. 331-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_23

Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement. / Ashraf, Sadia; Kumar, Uthpal; Roy, Sharmistha et al.
Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management. ed. / Anisul Haque; Ahmed Ishtiaque Amin Chowdhury. Springer, 2020. p. 331-341.

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Ashraf S, Kumar U, Roy S, Datta DK. Virtual Water Information for Water and Food Security in Peri-Urban Khulna: Present Status and Future Requirement. In Haque A, Chowdhury AIA, editors, Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management. Springer. 2020. p. 331-341 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_23

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