• Ayan Chatterjee
• Sandipan Chatterjee
• Neepa Banerjee
• Surjani Chatterjee
• Shankarashis Mukherjee

Abstract: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a plant belonging to the family of grasses, Gramineae. During the paddy cultivating time, huge numbers of agricultural workers work manually in the agricultural field irrespective of variations in weather conditions, which may have some impact on the cardiac performance of the human resources engaged in paddy cultivation. Keeping this in view a study has been undertaken, to assess the thermal environmental conditions and impact of workplace heat exposure and workload on cardiac response profile in 39 male paddy cultivators (age range 21 - 30 years) primarily engaged in manual reaping task during ‘Boro’ type of paddy cultivation in the southern area of Hooghly district. Physical and physiological parameters of study participants were collected. Indicators of cardiac strain were calculated. The result of the present study indicated that there is strain in Bengalee male individuals primarily engaged in reaping task in paddy cultivation because of the nature of the work and the exposure to the thermal environment.

Agriculture, PSI, thermal comfort, climate change

"IMPACT OF VARIATION IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION ON CARDIAC RESPONSE PROFILE IN BENGALEE MALE CROP CULTIVATORS OF A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.438-443, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906B69.pdf

"IMPACT OF VARIATION IN WORKING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION ON CARDIAC RESPONSE PROFILE IN BENGALEE MALE CROP CULTIVATORS OF A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp438-443, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906B69.pdf