Climate Smart Agriculture
Ecosystem Services (ES)
Enlist the different types of ecosystem services
Categorize Ecosystem services. Briefly describe provisioning services of ecosystem
Legume crops provide various ecosystem services-Justify
Discuss briefly the ways and means for maximizing ecosystem services through legume farming
Climate Change (CC)
Climate change is an unavoidable reality or inevitable truth-Justify
Climate change is not a distant threat; it’s a stark reality-Explain
Compare and contrast as CO2 reservoir in air, soil and water
Illustrate carbon cycle in our planet.
Enlist the climate change drivers
Human activities have been the main driver of climate change-explain
Give an account of risk indicators generally noticed in Bangladesh due to climate change
Enlist greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Explain the specific role of CO 2/N2O/CH4/CFC to CC
Figure out the contribution of GHGs emission by different economic sectors
Contribution of GHGs emission from agriculture with special emphasis on crop and livestock sector
‘Green Revolution’ saves millions of souls with the expense of biodiversity strength-Justify
How climate changes can impacts on Food security- Global and national perspectives?
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Define CSA with its objectives
Illustrate the pillars of climate smart agriculture (CSA) formulated from the Hague conference
Describe the principles and pillars of CSA in brief.
Enlist key characteristics of CSA with their significance
Importance for formulating CSA practices worldwide
What is meant by climate change mitigation?
Enlist mitigation strategies in agriculture sector
CSA practices are location specific-Justify
Climate-smart agriculture maintains ecosystem services-Justify
Evolutionarily C4 and CAM plants are climate smart crop species- Justify the statement
Promoting carbon capturing and storing technology to mitigate climate change
Agroforestry is an important for climate change mitigation option indeed-Justify
Legume crops for climate change mitigation options in dryland agriculture-Explain
The adaptation of climate change is location specific-Explain
Biochar is one of the climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture-Explain
Climate change mitigation by building SOC through suitable crop cultivation
Crop diversification is an important strategy for resilient agriculture-Explain
Maize is a climate resilient crop-Justify the statement
CAM plant cultivation enhances the farmers’ resilience against drought or water crisis in BD
Fostering Climate-resilient Crops in farming system of Barind region in Bangladesh to address CSA
Describe briefly BNF technology for climate change mitigation and adaptation.