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An attempt has been made in this paper to identify the challenges faced by the small holder farmers of an aila affected villages of North 24 Parganas district in Sundarbans, West Bengal. The primary data based on the field survey from household—based questionnaire and focus group discussion with the stakeholders has been incorporated in the analysis along with the relevant secondary sources of data collected. The study highlights the resulting socio-economic problems, the changing occupational pattern and the land use transformation. It also shows that farmers hit by aila adopted the approach from paddy to shrimp farming in their reconstruction strategy developed in a participatory way. The study will be greatly helpful for regional agricultural planning.
