Since the last decade, enormous economic, infrastructural, agricultural, and human losses are caused by two super cyclones in the southwestern coastal areas of Bangladesh, write Kazi Lutfun Nahar and Habib Torikul in an opinion piece in the Dhaka Tribune.
According to the authors, it is estimated that about 0.7 million hectares have been directly affected by SIDR in 2007. According to Maplecroft's Climate Vulnerability Index-2014, Bangladesh ranked first among the 170 countries and it will likely suffer more from climate change by 2025 than any other disaster prone country.
Bangladesh is continuously facing the increasing challenges of food security in changing climate mostly in coastal areas. Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) focuses on agriculture in coastal areas, floating garden, community based adaptation, advocacy to climate change adaptation, coastline and flood defenses. The authors suggest sunflower growing as a good substitute when it's difficult to farm other crops due to climate hazards.