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Book (series)Livelihood and micro-enterprise development opportunities for women in coastal fishing communities in India – Case studies of Orissa and Maharashtra. 2007
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No results found.The studies on livelihood and micro-enterprise development opportunities for women in coastal fishing communities in India are a follow-up to the national workshop on best practices in microfinance programmes for women in coastal fishing communities in India, held in Panaji, Goa, India, from 1 to 4 July 2003. The proceedings and outcomes of the workshop are reported in FAO Fisheries Report No. 724. The studies found that poverty has remained a serious problem in fishing communities in Orissa and Maharashtra, made even more severe by the widespread absence of rural infrastructure and services such as safe drinking water, electricity, waste and sewage disposal facilities, health care and educational services and facilities, all-weather link roads as well as a lack of adequate housing facilities. Over the last two decades, fishing effort and the cost of fishing have considerably increased. Over the same period, a diversification of livelihoods of fisherfolk households has taken place, and many household members, particularly women, are now working part-time as unskilled agricultural labourers or construction workers. In recent years, through the efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the marine wing of the Fisheries Department of Orissa and the initiative of other government departments, many women self-help groups (SHGs) and cooperatives have been formed and training has been provided to their members in the field of fish processing an d marketing. Only a minority of the SHGs and cooperatives in Maharashtra and Orissa though, which have been formed in fishing communities, have so far been linked to financial institutions and there is a severe lack of rural fish storage and processing infrastructure and facilities. The findings of the studies suggest that through actively promoting self-help groups and cooperatives among women in coastal fishing communities and through linking these associations with financial insti tutions, investment and working capital needs of their members can be met. To make the best use of capital inputs, SHGs and their federations need vocational and enterprise development training from NGOs and from fisheries training and research institutions as well as assistance for establishing links to new market outlets for their products, both domestically and for export. The state-level workshops in Orissa and Maharashtra made specific recommendations as to what kind of assistance i s needed so that poverty in coastal fishing communities can be reduced and livelihoods improved and diversified through micro-enterprise development and microfinance and training support. -
ProjectTransforming Livelihoods of Tekeze Reservoir Fishing Communities Through Value Addition and Co-Management Interventions - TCP/ETH/3603 2020
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No results found.Bodies of water in Ethiopia have great potential to supportboth capture and culture fisheries as the country workstowards improved food security and nutritional goals. Inthe Tekeze hydropower reservoir, fishing is recognized asan important secondary use of the resource, contributingto the livelihoods of communities in the surroundingAmhara and Tigray regions. Fishing creates jobopportunities for unemployed and local, landlesscommunity members and diversifies the livelihoods forthose engaged in agricultural and other activities.Additionally, the Tekeze reservoir is located in one of theareas with the highest levels of under-nutrition inEthiopia. The challenging nature of under-nutrition andmalnutrition in Ethiopia warrants the use of alternativeapproaches to ensure food security and improve nutrition.As such, diversifying the livelihoods and diets ofcommunities that surround the Tekeze reservoir is apromising strategy. -
Book (stand-alone)Case study: Facilitating co-management in Cambodian Community Fisheries - the RFLP experience
Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia.
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No results found.This case study presents an overview of the context, details the RFLP intervention, gives the results, implementation problems, and recommendations and key lessons learned of RFLP supported fisheries co-management activities with Community Fisheries committee members working in collaboration with Fisheries Administration staff to review progress against the implementation of inshore fishing area management plans at regular monthly/bi-monthly meetings
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