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Book (stand-alone)A Radio Programme for Fisherfolk in Sri Lanka - BOBP/REP/53 1992
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No results found.This report describes the process, achievements and learnings of a subproject which set out to introduce a radio programme as a communication and extension tool to help Sri Lankan fisherfolk in their development. The subproject was initiated in January 1988, the radio programme went on the air with daily and weekly programmes in January I989 and has continued since without a break. In March 1992, the subproject was terminated and the responsibility for the programme was assumed by the Ministry o f Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (MFAR) of the Government of Sri Lanka. MFAR was responsible for the execution of the project. The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation worked closely with MFAR and provided expertise, training inputs and the services of a senior broadcaster to act as the Team Leader. The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) provided technical assistance, support for training, broadcast, production, equipment and monitoring. The Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) , through their office in Sri Lanka, provided a generous grant to cover some of the training and expertise inputs. World Radio for Environment and Natural Resources (WREN), a media organization in the UK, was contracted to provide the subproject the services of Michael Pickstock who provided the bulk of the training inputs, advice on management, programme design and equipment, and who undertook the evaluation of the activity. -
ProjectThe Fisherfolk of Puttalam, Chilaw, Galle and Matara Districts, Sri Lanka – BOBP/INF/12 1991
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No results found.In 1988, the Government of Sri Lanka requested the Bay of Bengal Programme for Fisheries Development (BOBP) to assist the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (MFAR) to formulate and execute a fisherfolk credit project. It was agreed that the project would aim at developing comprehensive, need-based lending schemes that would incorporate simplicity, timeliness and flexibility, and which would help the fisherfolk to increase their operational efficiency, develop savings/thrift habits and b etter manage their incomes and resources by linking savings with credit. The BOBP planned to start its work with a socio-economic survey in order to get a better grasp of the fisherfolk’s needs. MFAR, at this point, felt the scope of the survey could be expanded in order to strengthen its own information base. MFAR and BOBP there after worked together on planning a survey to meet the needs of both, the twin objectives being to obtain socio-economic information that would help in the formulatio n of the new credit scheme and also supplement the existing socio-economic information base of MFAR relating to the fisherfolk communities of Sri Lanka. The survey was conducted in 1989 by MFAR with the technical and financial assistance of BOBP. This document presents some of the more important findings of the survey, which was conducted in the coastal villages of four fishing districts in Sri Lanka. The learning experience during the survey would, MFAR felt, help considerably in its future surveys in the fishing districts of the island. -
Book (stand-alone)A Shri Lanka Credit Project to Provide Banking Services to Fisherfolk - BOBP/REP/55 1992
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No results found.At the request of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shri Lanka, the Bay of Bengal Programme for Small-Scale Fisheries Development (BOBP) launched a Fisherfolk Credit Project that would provide comprehensive banking services to the fishing community through the introduction of need-based lending schemes, incorporating the principles of simplicity, timeliness and flexibility. The Project involved a series of activities, such as the conducting of a socio-economic survey, a number of training programmes and several studies of past fisherfolk credit activities, cost and earnings of small-scale economic activities, marketing strategies for fisheries credit and training needs of banks, training and orientation of fisheries and bank officers and the prospective borrowers, all ultimately leading to the design and implementation of a viable fisheries credit scheme. The design and the formulation of the credit scheme was the output of a joint exercise by the participating banks and the fisheries administration and was supported by BOBP. Credit disbursement began in mid-1992. This report describes the activities carried out by the Project, highlights the main features of the credit scheme, and discusses the lessons learnt.
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