Report of the Workshop on Extension Service Requirements  in Small-Scale Fisheries

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Report of the Workshop on Extension Service Requirements in Small-Scale Fisheries

Colombo, Sri Lanka 8-12 October, 1979


Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Funding Agency :SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Madras, India, June 1980

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PREFACE

This document is a report of a five-day workshop on “Extension service requirements in small-scale fisheries” held in Colombo from October 8 to 12, 1979. It was hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka and conducted by the regional FAO Programme, “Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal,” GCP/RAS/040/SWE, referred to in brief as the Bay of Bengal Programme. Some 20 representatives from four countries attended the workshop, besides consultants from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and staff of the programme.

The report sets out the programme secretariat’s understanding of the views expressed, the discussions that transpired and the conclusions reached at the workshop.

The opinions expressed at the workshop do not necessarily represent the official views of the programme’s member-governments or of the FAO.


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PREFACE

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

EXISTING EXTENSION SERVICES IN THE BAY OF BENGAL REGION

SPECIFIC EXTENSION PROBLEMS

A CASE-STUDY OF RUATHAN FISHERIES

RUATHA CASE STUDY: PRESENTATIONS BY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

IDEAS FOR BAY OF BENGAL PROGRAMME INTERACTION

VERBAL EVALUATION OF WORKSHOP

APPENDICES :

1. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
2. AGENDA

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