Weak Supportive System and Livelihood Status among Fisherfolk in Poovar Fish Landing Centre, Kerala
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
The study was conducted to assess the livelihood status of fisherfolk in Poovar Fish Landing Centre of Kerala. Data were collected and examined through the use of well-structured interview schedule from the Poovar fishermen community. A total of 103 house heads were interviewed. Most of the fishermen belonged to the age group 15-30 years. Fishing and marketing were the major sources of income for the sample population. During some season, when the sea becomes very rough, the fisher folk are forced to remain idle and live under conditions of severe poverty. Most of them have semi-kutcha houses. All sample houses are electrified and Liquefied Petroleum Gas are being used. The educational status of the head of these households reveals that 34% are illiterate. The activity status of the households show that only 33.4% of people are fully engaged in fishing and related activities and nearly 43.5% are dependants. The poor livelihood status, improper occupational structure and poor institutional support prevailing among these fisherfolk should be improved through controlling the dependence of traders, periodical awareness classes against smoking and alcohol consumption, training programmes for bivalve fishery, aquaculture and mariculture, human resource utilization and management.
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Dr. S. Premjith, Saisree K. G
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