Types of Adaptive Measures | Explanation | Findings |
Migrate to urban area for work | Some respondent work in urban area as labor for Livelihood | Day labor, Rickshaw puller, Brick field labor, garments worker is common occupation |
Business | Some started different business, who used to work as agricultural labor | Fish seller, selling crab, vegetable shop, grocery shop |
Handicrafts | Most of the women are involved in this activity for earning with the help of different Ngo | Tailoring, preparing mat, bag, sweets box, Chutneys |
Income generating activities | AIGA are done by men and women. Some respondent talked about this. | Preparing net, preparing box for collecting crab is very popular business, collect larvae |
Work in shrimp gher | Women mainly work in shrimp gher for sorting grass | Sort grass, men clean water, gave medicine in the gher |
Rearing pig | In the coastal area it is getting popular | People rear pig for selling. Specially the Hindu community rear this. |
Crab collection, Gol tree | Some go to Sundarban for collecting and cultivating crab and collect golpata | Specially the young men go to the deep area of sundarban though it is restricted |