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Summary
The FIMSUL programme is a coordinated study involving the FAO and the Governments of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry to undertake a detailed analysis of various stakeholders and their livelihoods in the concerned districts of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. FERAL undertook the study in Pondicherry and Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu.
Objectives
The objective of the study was to undertake a detailed analysis of various stakeholders in teh fisheries sector and their livelihoods in Pondicherry and the district of Cuddalore, in Tamil Nadu.
Status
- The programme in both districts involved identifying the multiple stakeholders in the fisheries sector through participative methodologies, periodically notified to us by the FAO. Interventions involved district-level consultations of all stakeholders, focus group discussions of the various stakeholder groups, household level interviews and district level validation meetings.
- Four different validation meetings were held in both districts involving different stakeholders who all largely related to and identified with the list of findings that emerged out of the study.
- Analysis of livelihoods and information regarding some of the formal and informal institutions were also compiled.
- The problem of overcapacity in fishing, increased competition in production and marketing, high levels of indebtedness among fishing families and the lack of any relevant managerial or regulatory interventions were some of the central features of learning through this study.