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Volume 2 Environment Pollution and Climate Change
ISSN: 2573-458X Climate Change 2018 &
Global ENVITOX 2018
October 04-06, 2018
October 04-06, 2018
London, UK
16th Annual Meeting on
Environmental Toxicology and Biological Systems
&
5th World Conference on Climate Change
JOINT EVENT
Managing agricultural water use with alternate wetting and drying (AWD): towards achieving
Sustainable Development Goal 6
Mohammad Alauddin1, Md Abdur Rashid Sarker2 and Zeenatul Islam2
1The University of Queensland, Australia
2Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Managing increasingly scarce irrigation water has become a major challenge to many countries in the face of changing
climate and a rising population all over the world. United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6 emphasizes ensuring
availability and sustainable water management. Target 6.4 emphasizes increasing water-use efficiency across all sectors and
sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity. Bangladesh government has incorporated the SDGs
in its Seventh Five Year Plan (2016–2020) in which north western Bangladesh was identified as water scarce or drought-prone
area. This is one of the three most climate vulnerable zones of the country that receives least rainfall and suffers from severe
ground and surface water scarcity. Against this background, using farm-level survey data from rice growers and a probit model,
this study aims to assess the economic effects of the use of alternative wetting and drying (AWD), a water saving technology, in
Naogaon district of Bangladesh. Findings suggest that the use of AWD saves water, decreases production cost through reduced
irrigation cost, and raises net benefit/gain significantly without reducing total rice production. Major policy implications
include information dissemination about the use and benefit of AWD through farmers’ training/workshops or through farm-
level agricultural officers. Agricultural officers should also encourage farmers to use a recently developed method named “dry
direct seeded technology” that has the potential to save 60% irrigation water for irrigated rice in the dry season.
Recent Publications
1. IslamZ, AlauddinM, SarkerMAR (2017) Determinants and implications of crop production loss: An empirical exploration
using ordered probit analysis. Land Use Policy 67:527–536.
2. Kabir M J, Alauddin M and Crimp S (2017) Farm-level adaptation to climate change inWestern Bangladesh: An analysis of
adaptation dynamics, profitability and risks. Land Use Policy 64:212–224.
3. Alauddin M, Sarker MA R (2014) Climate change and farm-level adaptation decisions and strategies in drought-prone and
groundwater-depleted areas of Bangladesh: an empirical investigation. Ecological Economics 106:204–213.
4. AlauddinMand Sharma BR (2013) Inter-district rice water productivity differences in Bangladesh: an empirical exploration
and implications. Ecological Economics 93:210–218.
5. Alauddin M and Quiggin J (2008) Agricultural intensification, irrigation and the environment in South Asia: issues and
policy options. Ecological Economics 65:111–124.
Biography
Mohammad Alauddin is an Applied Economist who has published extensively in the area of Development, Environment and Climate Change. He has published in
all the top journals in Development and Environment, including Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, World
Development, Ecological Economics and Land Use Policy, Agricultural Economics, and Environmental and Resource Economics.
Mohammad Alauddin et al., Environ Pollut Climate Change 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4172/2573-458X-C1-002