WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/19
Coastal Village Development In Four Fishing Communities Of Adirampattinam, Tamil Nadu, India
by
F.W. Blase
Extension Sociologist; Bay of Bengal Programme
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WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/19 Coastal Village Development In Four Fishing Communities Of Adirampattinam, Tamil Nadu, Indiaby |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency: SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal Madras, India, December 1982 |
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This paper describes four fishing communities of Adirampattinam, a town about 350km from Madras, and analyses their social structure. It also describes the strategy adopted by the Bay of Bengal Programme to improve the lot of these communities and the experimental work in this direction — which was carried out in cooperation with the fisheries department of Tamil Nadu and non-government agencies. This paper was drafted early 1982 and refers mainly to work carried out during 1980 - 1981. The Bay of Bengal Programme for the Development of Small-Scale Fisheries, GCP/RA5/040/SWE, referred to in brief as the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), is funded by the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) and executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Five countries — Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand are members of the Programme. Its main aims are to develop, demonstrate and promote technologies and methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk and the supply of fish from the small-scale sector in the Bay of Bengal region. This document is a working paper and has not been cleared by the FAO, the Government of Tamil Nadu or the Government of India. |
PREFACE
SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE FOUR FISHING COMMUNITIES
3. PLANNING OF CHANGE
4. CREDIT
5. MARKETING6. COOPERATIVES AND COOPERATION
7. WATER AND HEALTH
8. EDUCATION
9. CONCLUSIONS
APPENDICES
1. ADIRAMPATTINAM TOWN (MAP)
2. INCOME CHART OF 600 ADIRAMPATTINAM FISHERFOLK (MARCH 1981)
3. AGE DISTRIBUTION AND LITERACY
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