The  “Livelihood  Adaptation  to  Climate  Change  Project  (LACC)”  is  a  sub‐component  of  the  Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) and jointly implemented by the Food and  Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of Agricultural Extension  (DAE) of Bangladesh.  

The successful completion of this report has been possible thanks to the leadership provided by the  DAE.  The  author  wishes  to  acknowledge  specifically  the  following  individuals’  contribution:  Dr.  Hassan Raghib, the national project sub‐component manager (LACC‐II), who leads the project’s team  in Dhaka; the members of the national validation team established under LACC I, and in particular  the research institutes BARI and BRRI, who contributed to the selection of possible adaptation  options (e.g. their suggestions and guidance of the testing of T. Aman‐mustard‐/linseed‐system, T.  Aman‐chick  pea‐system  and  homestead  garden);  the  Field  Officers,  who  conducted  the  demonstrations and the monitoring of the tested adaptation options; Dr. Stephan Baas and Dr.  Selvaraju Ramasamy of the Climate Change Unit of FAO, who provide overall technical leadership,  regular  technical  backstopping  to  the  project;  Claudia  Hiepe  of  the  Climate  Change  Unit,  who  provided technical backstopping for the monitoring aspects of the project; and Catherine Zanev of  the Climate Change Unit, who peer reviewed the report.