Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to determine and describe the confrontation
with
monga
affected people under Rangpur DisU
ict
and to explore the
relationship
between the selected characteristics of
monga
affected
people and
their
confrontation with
monga.
The
study was conducted at Gangachara
Upazilla
under Rangpur District. Data were collected from the
monga
affected
people using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period from 23th June
2008 to 24th July 2008.The highest proportion
(65.72
percent) of the
respondents had medium confrontation with
rnonga
compared to 27.62 percent
having low confrontation with
monga
and 6.66 percent had high confrontation
with
monga.
Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) test was used to ascertain
the relationships between the concerned dependent and independent variable of
the study. Age, level of education, farm size, annual family income, family
assets, credit availability and migratozy behavior had positive and significant
relationship with confrontation with
monga
while family size, food security
status and scope of work during nzo;ga
period had non-significant relationship
with confrontation with
monga.
Landlessness of farmers causes the highest
severity of no;ga
as indicated by its CMI of 256
while cultivation of tobacco
causes the lowest severity of monga
as indicated by its CMI of 64. And creating
permanent work opportunities by the government and other agencies would be
the best remedy of monga
as indicated by its MRI of 250 while protection and
repair of Tista barrage would be the lowest rcmcdy of
monga
as indicated by its
MRI of 59.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
