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Krishnan M., . and Shanthi B., . and Ponniah A.G., . Successful women entrepreneurs in aquaculture: case studies from Tamil Nadu India. pp. 177-185.
Abstract
The nature and extent of womens involvement in aquaculture vary greatly from place to place and within a place they vary among castes religions and positions in the family hierarchy. The present study covers 13 cases of successful women entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu India who were engaged in production input supply and export and marketing through shrimp farming crab culture crab fattening in cages pens and concrete tanks shrimp hatchery management crab hatchery management live feed farming and processing shrimp processing fish meal formulation and feed development aqua by-products management and exports. Analysis of the case studies demonstrated that women can take part in different parts of the aquaculture value chain especially if it involves a traditional activity they have been carrying out. The presence of organisational structures such as Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs) helped to galvanise women to take up more complex activities. Women with low formal education levels also played a role as workers. However women with higher education or with family business connections exhibited high entrepreneurship skills usually with family support and could manage complex aquaculture activities.
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Abstract
The nature and extent of womens involvement in aquaculture vary greatly from place to place and within a place they vary among castes religions and positions in the family hierarchy. The present study covers 13 cases of successful women entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu India who were engaged in production input supply and export and marketing through shrimp farming crab culture crab fattening in cages pens and concrete tanks shrimp hatchery management crab hatchery management live feed farming and processing shrimp processing fish meal formulation and feed development aqua by-products management and exports. Analysis of the case studies demonstrated that women can take part in different parts of the aquaculture value chain especially if it involves a traditional activity they have been carrying out. The presence of organisational structures such as Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs) helped to galvanise women to take up more complex activities. Women with low formal education levels also played a role as workers. However women with higher education or with family business connections exhibited high entrepreneurship skills usually with family support and could manage complex aquaculture activities.
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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| AGROVOC Term: | Aquaculture |
| AGROVOC Term: | Gender analysis |
| AGROVOC Term: | Entrepreneurs |
| AGROVOC Term: | Participation of women |
| AGROVOC Term: | Prawns and shrimps |
| AGROVOC Term: | Crabs |
| AGROVOC Term: | Hatcheries |
| AGROVOC Term: | Farming |
| AGROVOC Term: | Fish meal |
| AGROVOC Term: | Feeding stuffs |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 06:28 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23765 |
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