Basanti

8

1

16

Canning - I

4

2

1

Canning - II

2

2

13

Gosaba

6

1

36

Joynagar - I

0

2

1

Joynagar - II

2

2

2

Kakdwip

11

3

8

Kultali

2

2

25

Mathurapur - I

0

1

3

Mathurapur - II

0

3

16

Namkhana

3

2

28

Patharpratima

22

1

44

Sagar

8

1

36

Hingalganj

15

0

20

1. Primary occupation for majority, men and women alike

2. Ready to adapt new technology

3. Eager to learn

4. Increase to yield due to use of fertilizers and pesticides

5. Use of improved and hybrid varieties

6. Increased use of power tillers and threshing machines

7. Younger and more literate generation available for pursuing agriculture as primary occupation

1. Eagerness amongst villagers to learn more

2. Exploring radio as a means of Information Education Communication

3. Increased harnessing of rain water through re/excavating of ponds

4. Formation of agricultural cooperatives

5. Presence of performing NGOs

6. Scope of utilizing Agricultural Marketing Act

7. Vast ethno science knowledge base

1. Soil salinity

2. Lack of irrigation facilities

3. No means of processing the agricultural produce (lack of rice mills and oil mills)

4. Lack of credit facilities

5. Lack of available choice related to equipment and other agricultural implements

6. Lack of access to markets-poor roads and transportation

7. Lack of knowledge about latest technologies

8. Delayed implementation of alternative / supplementary agricultural crops

9. Agricultural Marketing Act not implemented

10. Lack of field level & water soil testing facilities

11. Low utilization of non-conventional energy

1. Strong hold of middlemen/intermediaries

2. Endless depletion of soil fertility due to rampant use of chemicals.

3. Non availability of grid power supply

4. Depletion of soil fertility due to increased use of fertilizers

5. Lack of knowledge and advise related to agriculture

6. Gradual introduction of genetically modified seeds (e.g. high yielding varieties of paddy reducing cattle fodder)

7. Disappearing local wisdom

1. Increased use of mechanized vessels

2. Most households have at least one pond

3. World's largest natural nursery

1. The nets used for fishing could be locally made

2. Formation of active fisherman co-operatives and associations

3. Extension of insurance facilities

4. Formation of SHGs

5. Installation of ice factories

6. Organizing storage facilities

7. Fish drying and processing industries

8. Catching, rearing and marketing of ornamental fish

9. Ample homestead ponds available for pisciculture

10. Availability of fish in off shore EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone)

11. Worlds' largest natural nursery

1. Market trends and price determined by middlemen / intermediaries

2. Young men involved in fishing, not pursuing education

3. Increase in river water pollution due to the use of mechanized boats

4. Lack of weather related information from West Bengal

5. Nets used are imported from outside West Bengal

6. Lack of knowledge on available insurance facilities

7. Lack of adequate credit facilities

8. Lack of jetties at various points

9. Lack of ice factories

10. Lack of cold storage

11. Many go for fishing without license

12. Lack of disaster management systems

13. Lack of better equipment for catching fish

14. Lack of technological facilities

15. Non implementation of provisions in Fisheries Act

1. Strong hold of middlemen/intermediaries Cyclonic threat

2. Cyclonic threat

3. Oil slick and oil leakage (hydro carbon pollution)

4. Capture of fishermen and confiscation of boats by Bangladeshi Police

5. Destruction of catch by foreign trawlers

6. Disappearance of boats and trawlers

7. Piracy and dacoity

8. Net and mesh size

9. Intrusion of foreign fishing vessels in EEZ

10. No de-limitation of EEZ boundary with Bangladesh

11. Conflict between mechanized vessels and traditional ways of fishing

12. Upstream polluted water-damaging eco system.