Social impact and women empowerment through mussel farming

Kripa, V (2011) Social impact and women empowerment through mussel farming. [Teaching Resource]

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Abstract

Mussel farming in India can be considered as ‘ rural aquaculture’ since it meets all the requirements to be qualified as “ rural “ according to the definition of Edwards and Demaine {1997). It is done by small-scale farming households or communities; it uses extensive or semi-intensive low cost production technology; it avoids the use of formulated feeds and it produces a commodity which has a low-market value affordable to poor consumers.

Item Type: Teaching Resource
Uncontrolled Keywords: Social impact; women empowerment; mussel farming
Subjects: Molluscan Fisheries
Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2014 06:12
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:57
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9771

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