Climatic variability and weather extremes are among the most crucial socio-environmental challenges faced in South Asia and Bangladesh in particular. This is due to Bangladesh’s geographic exposure to the coast, social vulnerability, low income, reliance on climate-sensitive sectors...
Video: Overcoming Barriers to Partnership for Climate Services and Agriculture in Bangladesh
July 15, 2019
Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD) is a USAID-supported global partnership that connects climate and environmental science with data streams to generate decision support tools and training for decision-makers in developing countries. The CSRD consortium in South Asia is led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, which works closely with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and Bangladesh Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), among other international partners. Through this partnership IRI worked with with CIMMYT to bring BMD and DAE staff to Columbia University for intensive training and collaboration on climate services in Bangladesh. In addition to the CSRD support, curriculum development and some sessions for the training were supported by Adapting Agriculture to Climate Today, for Tomorrow (ACToday), a Columbia World Project.
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