Identifying Extension Activities for Fisherwomen in Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India - BOBP/WP/57

This paper discusses the findings of a 1984 - 85 socio-economic study of fisherwomen in four coastal villages in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. Its object was to identify pilot projects to upgrade the living conditions of fisherwomen in coastal villages. The study was conducted at the request of the Directorate of Fisheries, Andhra Pradesh. At the district level, the Collector extended his cooperation, and through him the services of block level officers, district development office rs and the Women and Child Welfare Department were obtained. Even at an early stage, the leading bank in Visakhapatnam shcwed a keen interest in the outcome of the study. The study was conducted jointly by the small-scale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) and the Institute for Coastal and Offshore Research (INCOR), Visakhapatnam. The author owes thanks to Dr. R. V. Rama Rao, Director of INCOR; and to INCOR staffers Ms. Vaishnavi Chandrasekharan and Mr. Chanchala Gupta for their cooperation in planning and executing this study; and, of course, to the five investigators for their diligence and perseverence in data collection.