CONFRONTATION WITH MONGA BY THE MONGA AFFECTED PEOPLE OF GANGACHARA UPAZILLA UNDER RANGPUR DISTRICT

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.