TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kamruzzaman, M.
AU  - Chowdhury, A.
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Flash flooding considerations aside: Knowledge brokering by the extension and advisory services to adapt a farming system to flash flooding
JO  - Heliyon
SP  - 19662
VL  - 9
IS  - 9
KW  - Flash flooding
KW  - Knowledge brokering
KW  - Extension and advisory services
KW  - Farming system
KW  - Climate change
N2  - The development of agriculture sector and livelihood in Bangladesh are threatened by various climatic stressors, including flash flooding. Therefore, Extension and advisory services (EAS) need to navigate the knowledge landscape effectively to connect various farm actors and help secure the optimum benefits of knowledge and information for making rational decisions. However, little is known how EAS can perform this task to combat various effects of climate change. This study investigates the means of brokering knowledge by the EAS to help the farming sector adapt to flash flooding. The research was conducted in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh with 73 staff of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), the largest public EAS in Bangladesh. The results showed that DAE primarily dealt with crop production-related information. However, EAS did not navigate knowledge and information about flash flooding, such as weather forecasting and crop-saving-embankments updates, among the farming actors. Moreover, they missed the broad utilization of internet-based-communication channels to rapidly navigate information and knowledge about possible flash flooding and its adaptation strategies. This article provides some policy implications to effectively support the adaptation of farming system to flash flooding through EAS.
SN  - 2405-8440
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023068706
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ID  - Kamruzzaman+Chowdhury2023
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