Strength in Numbers: Fishing communities in India assert their traditional rights over livelihoods resources

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Author(s)
Beg, Mirza Firoz
Neelkanth Mishra
Publication date
2011-06-09
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Rights
Keywords
Agriculture
Livelihoods
Civil society
Participation
Fishing communities
Co-operatives
Country
India

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Oxfam Programme Insights
Document type
Case study
Description
Villagers in the Tikamgarh and Chattarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh traditionally had the right to fish the region’s ponds, but had lost control of these valuable resources to landlords and contractors. Despite encountering violent opposition, the fishers began organizing to reclaim control of the ponds. They established village co-operatives and formed a federation that gave a strong voice to the region’s fishing communities. By 2008, fisher co-operatives controlled 151 ponds, with nine run by women’s groups. In 2008, their campaign persuaded the state government to revise its fisheries policy, introducing a new law that protects the rights of traditional fishing communities and contains provisions that should help to improve livelihoods in the drought-hit region.
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13
ISBN
978-1-84814-837-6
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/136134
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/strength-in-numbers-fishing-communities-in-india-assert-their-traditional-right-136134
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