Climate smart agricultural practices is a holistic way of agriculture, which tries to bridge the widening gap between demand from man and supply form nature by taking care of the environment. This study examines the perception of peri-urban farmers’ attitude towards climate smart agriculture (CSA) and to find out the constraints to adoption of CSA techniques and practices for food production. Data was collected from May to September of 2022 from 160 randomly selected farmers in eight villages of Dhamrai upazila in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A pretested questionnaire was used to obtain data from the farmers and Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions were performed to collect supplementary information from the different farmers and stakeholders. SPSS software was used for data management and analysis. Results revealed that 11.76% and 41.18% of respondent farmers for rice production and 22.73% and 54.55% for vegetable production are regularly and partially practiced CSA techniques respectively. The study observed that the vegetable producers use more CSA technologies than rice grower. Results from the logit model indicate that farmer’s level of education, cultivated farm size, farming experience, training experience and extension services showed significant positive attitude towards CSA. The study found that the lack of knowledge and understanding of the principles of CSA

was the top-notch constraints followed by lacking training, insufficient financial and technical support services found the related hindrances to adoption of CSA techniques and practices. This study provides fundamental support for policymakers in-order to reinforce the adaption strategies of CSA to the periurban farmers and guide policies accordingly. 

Highlights

• Favorable attitude of farmers towards Climate Smart Agriculture for vegetable and rice production
• Farmer’s level of education, farm size, agricultural training and farming experience showed significant positive attitude towards climate smart agricultural practices.