L., Sullivan (2004) The Impacts of aquaculture development in relation to gender in North-eastern Thailand. WorldFish Center (WFC).
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This paper addresses the trend of livelihood diversification in agrarian communities that results from growth-oriented development policies. This study uses empirical data from rice-farming communities in Maha Sarakham province, Thailand, that are diversifying into freshwater aquaculture to examine the impacts of such changes in economic activity. The case study compares inland cage culture in Ban Kilek and subsistence pond aquaculture in Ban Makha to analyze the effects and benefits associated with the introduction of the activities. The results suggest that significant differences exist between the two communities with cage culture leading to greater benefits than pond culture, including higher income and mobility levels. However, the benefits from diversifying into commercialized aquaculture are unequally distributed between men and women as evidenced by extra-community mobility levels. Among cage culturists, women are significantly less mobile than men, and despite women's high income levels, they exhibit similar mobility levels to women not engaged in the activity. The combination of the corporate organization of cage culture, kinship networks and traditional expectations, and household responsibilities continues to confine women's mobility to within the community and, thus, inhibits an increase in mobility that male cage culturists experience. While livelihood diversification into activities such as cage and pond culture provides significant benefits, the paper recommends a critical review of the impacts on the individuals and households involved.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 100.IMP008 |
| Keywords: | Thailand, Gender, Cage Culture, Income, Socio-economic Aspects, Surveys, Fishing Communities, Culture, Rice Fish Culture, Employment, Women, Aquaculture, Fisheries Development |
| Subjects: | Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Users 4 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2022 04:24 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2022 04:24 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/15260 |
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