• Saifulla Tarafder

India is the second largest populated country and also one of the most disaster prone country in the world. Different types of natural disasters like flood, cyclone, drought, earthquake, and landslides occur here. West Bengal, a state of India is situated in the eastern part of the country. It is the 2nd densely populated state in India. A wide range of hazards including cyclones, storm surges, floods, water logging and salinity, embankment failure in the coastal zone and drought, landslide and earth qua ke, flash flood in plateau and mountainous region is prominent in Bengal. In this present study an attempt has been made to show various indigenous disaster adaptive farming systems of south Bengal. In this connection, a detailed survey method has been conducted in total eight villages of the concerned area. In the study area, it is observed that farmers applied their local indigenous knowledge in the agricultural field to reduce expected loss from adverse environment. Examples of different types of indigenous practices are make their crop field suitable for irrigation to reduce wastage of water, making clay layer along the boundary to reduce infiltration from ‘ail’ etc. Also, farmers of this region practice some disaster adaptive farming related methods like bound vegetable trees with bamboo s ticks to reduce cyclone related risks, for betel farming create raised and gradient land for quick drainage

Indigenous knowledge, Farming practices, Disaster risk reduction

"Application of Indigenous disaster adaptive farming methods to reduce risk in south Bengal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.458-463, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCN06085.pdf

"Application of Indigenous disaster adaptive farming methods to reduce risk in south Bengal", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp458-463, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCN06085.pdf