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Study on Monga at Gangarchara Thana in Rangpur District

A. K. M. M. Chowdhury
Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

B. S. Nahar
Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

M. A. Baten
Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study was conducted to know about monga and its causes and remedies in monga prone villages named Kuribiswa and Chilakhal under Kalkondo union at Gongachara Thana in Rangpur district during August to October, 2006. Data were collected from a sample of 100 (50 + 50) farmers using a personal interview schedule. Ten selected socio-economic characteristics such as- age, education, family size, farm size, cropping intensity, annual income, farming experience. cosmopoliteness, credit availability and effect of monga on livelihood of the farmers constituted the independent variables while farmers awareness about causes and remedies of monga was the dependent variable. Two tailed Pearson correlation test was used to explore the relationship between concerned variables. The findings revealed that majority (57 percent) of the farmers had high awareness, 36 percent had medium and 7 percent had low awareness about causes of monga. The findings also revealed that majority (76 percent) of the farmers had high awareness, 21 percent had medium and 3 percent had low awareness about remedies of monga. Out of ten selected socio-economic characteristics of the farmers the age, family size. farm size. cropping intensity. annual income. farming experience, cosrnopoliteness and credit availability had a positive and significant relationship with awareness of causes of monga while effect of monga on livelihood showed negatively significant. Though education showed no significant relationship with awareness about causes of monga but it was positive. In case of remedies of monga all the independent variables showed positive and significant relationship with awareness except education, it was not significant to awareness about remedies of monga but it was positive. Effect of mongo on livelihood showed negatively significant relationship with awareness about remedies of monga.

Keywords: Monga, Farmer, Poor.

Location: Kuribiswa, Chilakhal and Kolkondo union of Gangachara Thana in Rangpur District.

Start Date: 00-08-2006

End Date: 00-10-2006

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Impact

Objectives:

i) To determine and describe the selected characteristics (age, level of education, family size, farm size, cropping intensity, annual income, farming experience, cosmopoliteness, credit availability, effect of monga on life) of the farmers;

ii) To determine peoples awareness about causes and remedies of monga in Rangpur district; and to explore the relationship between selected socio-economic characteristics of farmers and their awareness about causes and remedies of monga in Rangpur district.

Methodology:

The study on was conducted in the villages Kuribiswa and Chilakhal belongs to Kolkondo union of Gangachara Thana in Rangpur District. 500 farmers of the two selected villages constituted the population of the study. The sample size of the study was 100 but due to absence of some selected farmers during the data collection the researcher made a reserve list of 20 respondents. Two types of variables were used in this study e.g intendment variables (age, level of education, family size, farm size, annual income, farming experience, cosmopoliteness, credit availability, effect of monga on life) and dependent variables (causes and remedies of monga. In order to collect the required information an interview schedule was carefully prepared to satisfy the objectives of the research. The information supplied by the respondents was recorded directly the interview schedule. The responses of the respondents that were recorded in the interview schedule were transferred into a master sheet for entering the data in the computer. The coded data were put into the computer for statistical analysis. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer programme was used for analysis of data. Various descriptive statistical measures such as range, frequency, number, percentage, mean, standard deviation and rank order were used for categorization and describing the variables. In order to test the formulated hypothesis of the study, 2 tailed Pearson:s product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (r) was used.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Science. Vol. 12, No.2, pp: 397-400, 2006

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Funding Source:

1. Government

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Achievement/Findings:

The findings revealed that majority (57 percent) of the farmers had high awareness, 36 percent had medium and 7 percent had low awareness about causes of monga. The findings also revealed that majority (76 percent) of the farmers had high awareness, 21 percent had medium and 3 percent had low awareness about remedies of monga. Out of ten selected socio-economic characteristics of the farmers the age, family size. farm size. cropping intensity. annual income. farming experience, cosmopoliteness and credit availability had a positive and significant relationship with awareness of causes of monga while effect of monga on livelihood showed negatively significant. Though education showed no significant relationship with awareness about causes of monga but it was positive. In case of remedies of monga all the independent variables showed positive and significant relationship with awareness except education, it was not significant to awareness about remedies of monga but it was positive. Effect of mongo on livelihood showed negatively significant relationship with awareness about remedies of monga.

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