Determinants of Early Cropping of Rice in Bangladesh: An Assessment as a Strategy of Avoiding Cyclone Risk

Abstract

In the cyclone prone coastal zone of Bangladesh, engaging in early cropping of rice may potentially enable farmers to reduce cyclone risks and reshape their livelihood by changing their income status. A binary logistic regression analysis is used to identify determinants for early cropping and finds that households with more educated household head, credit facility, and farms relatively in the south and middle of koyra upazila tend to adopt early cropping. The result implies that even if the early cropping can reduce the cyclone risk, it may be difficult for famers with less education and credit access to continuously adopt this technology.