INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN COASTAL FISHERY SECTOR OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA
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BISWAJIT GOSWAMI
Abstract
The study was conducted in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. From the district two blocks namely Kakdwip and Namkhana were selected. The data were collected from the selected 120 fisher women administering a specially constructed interview schedule. From the nine independent variables, only two variables namely annual income and decision making process were found to be significantly and positively correlated with the amount of seed collection. Amount of net weaving was positively and significantly correlated with annual income, utilization of information
sources and decision making process. Education, annual income and decision making process were positively and significantly associated with amount of fish sale by fisher women. In case of fish harvesting only annul income was
significantly and positively associated with amount of fish harvested by fisher women. Annual income, utilization of information sources were positively and significantly associated, whereas, family size, family type and land areas were negatively and significantly associated with decision making process by fisher women.
Key words : Fisher women, fish seed collection, net weaving, fish marketing, fish harvesting.
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