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Case study: Boosting incomes of fisher households in Negombo, Sri Lanka through handicrafts production

Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia.

Year of publication 2013

Pages 8p.

Author Wedathantrige, H.;Amarasiri, C.;Fernando, C.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical study

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This case study presents an overview of the context, details the RFLP intervention, gives the results, implementation problems, and recommendations and key lessons learned when RFLP supported handicrafts production as an alternative livelihoods option for fisher households in the Negombo lagoon area of Sri Lanka

Language English

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