The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Farmland Ecosystem Management Cooperation Project was launched

May 23, as an international (regional) cooperation and exchange project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the project on the adaptive management of farmland ecosystems in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar was launched at the Institute of Geosciences and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the context of climate change and regional food security.
Shaoqiang, a project leader and researcher at the Institute of Geosciences and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that as an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative, the food security of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor faces great challenges. In cooperation with experts in the field of agriculture in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, the study of food production and the adaptive management of farmland in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar can ensure food security in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, effectively support the construction of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor, and promote the effective use of agricultural resources and the integration of agricultural products markets along the Belt and Road, thus promoting the sustainable development of The four countries.
According to Wang Shaoqiang, global climate change and extreme weather events will have a great impact on agricultural production in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. With a population of about 1,484 million people, accounting for 19.27% of the world's total, rice production accounts for one-third of the world's arable land, while the rate of hunger in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar is still high at 10-20%. According to climate change scenario simulations, the frequency of local extreme weather events will increase further in the future, potentially reducing production in South Asia by 30 per cent by 2050. India's approximately 80 million hectares of rainy farmland will be affected by climate change, accounting for about 44 per cent of total food production.
One of the partners in this project is the UNEP Partnership for International Ecosystem Management, and from an international background, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral sustainable development is one of the key objectives of the flagship UNEP Decade (2016-2025) climate, ecology and livelihoods programme. At the same time, improving the most vulnerable ecosystems in the Asia, West Asia and Africa regions is an important issue for South-South cooperation.
It is learned that the research content of this project includes the analysis of grain production factors and the evaluation of grain production potential of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, the mechanism and vulnerability analysis of the impact of climate change on the production of major crops in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, the simulation and evaluation of the pattern of food trade and food security capacity of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar, so as to propose ways and strategies to adapt to the agricultural ecosystem of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar to address climate change, and to provide decision-making support for agricultural production in the United Nations Environment Programme, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar.