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Climate Change and Diseases of Plants and Animals: A Study in Home Gardens of West Bengal, India

Climate Change and Diseases of Plants and Animals: A Study in Home Gardens of West Bengal, India

Sebak Kumar Jana (Vidyasagar University, India) and Joyashree Roy (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand & Jadavpur University, India)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3686-8.ch072
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Abstract

Home Garden is a complex sustainable land use system that combines multiple farming components of the homestead and provides environmental services, household needs, and employment and income generation opportunities to the households. Predicted climate changes have serious implications for crop and livestock yields particularly in tropical regions. Home garden may act as a cushion to the adverse climate shocks. There is dearth of in-depth study of home garden ecosystem in India. Authors selected 100 households in Garhbeta-1 block, which is in the dry zone in the district of Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal for this study. The main objectives of this chapter include: (a) identifying key characteristics of the home garden, (b) identifying the pattern of climate change from the household perceptions and the changes made in the home gardens. (c) identifying different diseases of plants and animals in home gardens in the study area (d) managing diseases of plants in home gardens, (e) identifying different problems/ constraints in home.
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Objectives Of The Study

There is very limited number of systematic studies in India on home garden ecosystem and the pattern of diseases found in home gardens. The major objective of the study is to understand the key characteristics of the home garden and diseases of plants and animals in the context of climate variability and change. The objectives of the study include:

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    Types of plants and animals found currently in the home gardens

  • 2.

    Perceptions of the home gardeners about climate variability and change

  • 3.

    Identification of different diseases of plants in home gardens

  • 4.

    Identification of different diseases of animals in home gardens

  • 5.

    Management of diseases of plants and animals in home gardens

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Study Area

Two villages called Ledagamar village and Keshia village have been selected in Garhbeta – I Block which is situated in the district of Paschim Medinipur in the state of West Bengal in India. The total number of households surveyed is 100 out of which 74 households were from Ledagamar and 26 are from Keshia. The altitude of the place is 66 meter above the sea level. The soil is sandy loam type. The region is in the dry zone. The summer is hot in these regions (Table 1) . About 36% households live below the poverty line in the block (BDO Office, Garhbeta). In Figure 1, study area has been shown. In Figure 2 and Figure 3, we have presented typical home gardens in the study area.

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Study Area

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Home Garden: Garhbeta, West Bengal, India

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