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