Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Bangladesh's agricultural land, production of crops, local crop varieties, income and employment facilities of the farmers is highly vulnerable to various statutory liquidity ratios (SLR) induced hazards.

A World Bank (WB) study suggests that increased salinity alone from a 0.3 meter SLR will cause a net reduction of 0.5 million tonnes of rice production. Similarly, high projected rise in sea level of about 88 cm (35 inches) would inundate agricultural lowlands and deltaic parts of Bangladesh.

Likewise, it is estimated that in Bangladesh alone 14,000 tonnes of grain production would be lost due to SLR in 2030, and 252,000 tonnes would be lost by 2075.

According to a report of the Center for Environmental and Geographic...