Diversification of aquaculture for empowerment to fisheries through institution village linkage programme (IVLP) in Kerala, India

R. Sathiadhas, J. Joseph and S. Jerson

Naga, 2006, vol. 29, issue 3/4, 78-87

Abstract: Technology Assessment and Refinement through the Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) is the latest participatory extension model successfully undertaken by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in India. The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has been implementing IVLP since 2001 to assess and refine the technologies of the coastal agro ecosystems at Elamkunnapuzha village (Vypeen Island) in the Ernakulam District of Kerala. A series of need based location specific technology intervention plans have been introduced to overcome the social and biological constraints on farming practices in fisheries, livestock and agriculture, and implemented with the active participation of the stakeholders. The inferences drawn from IVLP ultimately form a package suitable for enhanced production in the costal agro ecosystem for replication to other areas with similar characteristics. This paper gives a brief account of the treatment packages applied in fisheries through various technological interventions and discusses the consequent yield and benefits obtained. The æintegrated whole village developmentÆ through the involvement of multi institutional teams and a participatory approach was accorded prime importance in the IVLP of Elamkunnapuzha, with a greater emphasis on marginal and small farmers and specifically focusing on women for poverty alleviation and equity under the coastal agro ecosystem.

Keywords: Community participation; Common property resource management; India; Kerala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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