Tussle in Tranquebar: The Problem of access to credit has divided the women fish traders of three villages in Tamil Nadu, India

Mathew, George (1997) Tussle in Tranquebar: The Problem of access to credit has divided the women fish traders of three villages in Tamil Nadu, India. Samudra Report (17). pp. 12-17. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Women in India’s artisanal fishing communities do not usually catch fish, but they do just about everything else related to fishing—net-making, processing, gutting, drying, smoking and marketing. Many of them also work as petty fish traders. A major problem such traders face is their inability to save. Savings would not only form a cheap source of credit but also allow these women to tide over lean periods. Now, during crises, they have to depend on informal sources of credit for loans at fairly high rates of interest, from middlemen and moneylenders, for example. While formal sources of credit, such as banks, would charge lower interest, their procedures are difficult to understand. In addition, the petty fish traders are largely regarded as bad risks.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0202
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, India, Tamil Nadu, Women In Fisheries, Equality, Access Rights, Fisheries Trade, Credit, Income, Fish Marketing, Loans
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2021 05:43
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 16:21
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/591

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