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Social Impact and Women Empowerment through Mussel Farming in Kerala, India
Mussel farming has gained popularity along the southwest coast of India with more than 3,000 women becoming owners of mussel farms. Vasanth Kripa and Vazhoor GopalanSurendranathan show how training alone was not sufficient to motivate villagers to adopt a new technology; instead visual observations...
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Development, 2008, 51, (199-204)
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/004115.pdf |
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| 100 | |a VASANTH KRIPA AND VAZHOOR GOPALAN SURENDRANATHAN | ||
| 245 | |a Social Impact and Women Empowerment through Mussel Farming in Kerala, India | ||
| 260 | |c 2008 | ||
| 260 | |b Development, 2008, 51, (199-204) | ||
| 520 | |a Mussel farming has gained popularity along the southwest coast of India with more than 3,000 women becoming owners of mussel farms. Vasanth Kripa and Vazhoor GopalanSurendranathan show how training alone was not sufficient to motivate villagers to adopt a new technology; instead visual observations of the success of the technology are essential for removing the `risk aversion' attitude. Support from the governmentprompted women to form self-help groups. This led to group farming, which helped women overcome social inhibitions and prove their competence | ||
| 650 | |a AQUACULTURE SELF HELP GROUP SHG | ||
| 856 | |u http://10.26.1.76/ks/004115.pdf | ||
| 942 | |c KS | ||
| 999 | |c 73503 |d 73503 | ||
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