he present paper discusses about the findings of the research study funded by the University Grants Commission. The aim of the study was to highlight the socio-economic conditions of fisher women in the Pulicat village of the Tiruvallur district. The primary source for the research was collected with the help of interview schedule and structured questionnaire relating to size of the family, occupation, level of income, land holding, level of education, living conditions, health status, social contact, etc. The secondary sources of data were collected from the published books, journals and Internet to supplement the study.
The fisheries sector in India has grown substantially over the past few decades. It has been experiencing a boom and is contributing to the economic growth of the nation. About 6 million fishers are dependent on fisheries for their livelihood in India (Amita Saxena, 2011). The total fisher population in Tamil Nadu has 27.60 cents. The fish eater’s population is minimal to 27 percent in Tamil Nadu where the vast potential fish is traded to other states. It is interesting to note that about 48.8% of the fisher folk in the state are women. There are 460 Fisheries Co-operatives run by them with a membership of 2,50,276 women indicating a high level of women participation. Fisher women engage themselves in seaweed collection in addition to the traditional jobs of fish curing, marketing, net making and prawn seed collection. Aquaculture activities can be pursued by the rural women folk at convenient leisure time without being a detriment to their routine. More effort is to be put towards filling the gaps in programme planning rather than programme implementation. The various issues challenging empowerment of fisherwomen have to be seriously taken into consideration while chalking out new development strategies. Women empowerment and the community development through combined efforts require a holistic approach.
The present paper discusses about the findings of the research study funded by the University Grants Commission. The aim of the study was to highlight the socio-economic conditions of fisher women in the Pulicat village of the Tiruvallur district. The primary source for the research was collected with the help of interview schedule and structured questionnaire relating to size of the family, occupation, level of income, land holding, level of education, living conditions, health status, social contact, etc. The secondary sources of data were collected from the published books, journals and Internet to supplement the study. Before proceeding to the targeted community, much of the time was spent in the village, a meeting was organized by the Principal Investigator for the research study. An interactive section was also held with the participants to create awareness on the schemes and provisions available to safeguard for the interest of women in the field of economic activity by the Government. Interviews were conducted with the fisher women of the selected villages of Pulicat. The data was collected through systematic approach with the help of structured questionnaire schedule. About 500 samples were collected representing the 52 villages. Fisherwomen who involved in the collected of prawn, fish segregation, fish auction, fish loading, fish retail sales, fish wholesale businesses, fish export were interviewed. The frequency analysis of the questionnaire samples were analysed with the help of statistian and interpreted to infer the important findings. The data visualization was done with the help of computer graphics. The entire lifestyle, living conditions of fisherwomen of Pulicat were captured as video. The interviews and focus group discussions were video graphed and prepared as a documentary by the Principal Investigator….
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