Enhancing financial services flow to small scale marine fisheries sector
Enhancing financial services flow to small scale marine fisheries sector
This study is to understand the financial services sector with regard to low-income fisherfolk, especially, in a comparative analysis framework in the post tsunami context, with the following objectives: to understand the extent to which men and women in fisheries are excluded from the mainstream financial system; to identify their various needs for financial services across pre-harvest, harvest and post harvest fisheries; to understand supply side perceptions and constraints; to propose practical measures and recommendations by which a wide range of financial services can be delivered to low income fisherfolk, and to explore the above, in the Tsunami affected contexts of Tamilnadu and Kerala.