Trends in poverty and livelihoods in coastal fishing communities of Orissa State, India
By: by Venkatesh Salagrama.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: FAO fisheries technical paper -- 490.; FAO fisheries technical paper -- no. 490.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9789251055663
Subjects: Fisheries -- India -- Orissa.; Poverty -- India -- Orissa.; Coastal zone management -- India -- Orissa.
Description: This study analyses the livelihoods of marine fishing communities in the Indian coastal state of Orissa using the sustainable livelihoods approach. It investigates the relationships between livelihoods and coastal poverty and seeks to develop simple qualitative indicators to monitor the changes in these relationships over time. The key trends affecting the livelihoods of the poor in the coastal fishing communities in Orissa range across the whole spectrum of "assets" - i.e. the natural, physical, social, human and financial - and contribute to changes in terms of availability as well as access to the assets for the poorer stakeholders. This paper also examines the impact of seasonality and shocks upon the fisheries-based livelihoods and the importance and influence of various policies, institutions and processes in addressing the fishers' need to cope with their vulnerability context.
Notes: "TC/M/A0692E/1/9.09/1600"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-111).

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