Pesticide application against insect pest infestation is environmentally unsafe and costly. An attempt was taken to evaluate the solar light trap as ecofriendly and cost-effective approach in Transplanted Aman rice (BRRI dhan32) field at Barhatta Upazila (Sub-district) in Netrokona district of Bangladesh. It was found that rice pest like Rice yellow stem borer, Rice leaf roller, Green leaf hopper, Brown plant hopper, Rice leaf miner, Rice gall midge, White leafhopper, Rice bug, Rice ear cutting caterpillar, White-backed planthopper, Rice caseworm, Grasshopper, Rice skipper and Rice beetle were the major insects that captured under the solar light traps. Some beneficial insects were also attracted by the trap these were Ladybird beetle, Water scavenger, Giant water bug, Ground beetle, Rove beetle, Damsel fly. All the harmful and the beneficial insects were belonging the order of Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Odonata. Though the mean yield of rice was statistically insignificant in both fields, the light trap installed fields required the less frequency of pesticides than the control fields which ultimately rendered the low pesticides cost in a great extent. On an average 1,034 BDT was reduced in per hectare.
SAARC J. Agric., 20(1): 171-183 (2022)
The main objective of the study was to determine the survival strategies adopted by the women tea workers in maintaining livelihood. The study was conducted at tea garden of National Tea Industries, at east Shahi Eidgah of Sylhet Headquarters in Bangladesh. Data were collected from 120 women tea workers by simple random sampling throughout January to February, 2014 using interview schedule as principle tool. Most of the women tea workers (70%) had medium adoption of survival strategies. The mean adopted survival strategies were higher for food, health & hygiene and financial aspect than housing and immediate incidence aspect. Taking less preferred cheap food and avoiding protein enriched costly food item in daily diet was the top ranked survival strategy followed by male cut trees from nearby forest & sells fire wood and drinking salted tea to withstand against scorching sunlight while plucking leaves. Formal education, access to credit and communication media exposure had significant positive relationships with the survival strategies adopted by women tea workers.
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