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Developing Shrimp Industry and Its Impact on Changing Gender Role and Empowerment of Coastal Communities in Bangladesh

Sadika Sharmin
Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Economics, BAU, Mymensingh.

Rafiqun Nesa Ali
Professor, Department of Rural Sociology; Department of Agricultural Economics, BAU, Mymensingh.

M. Serajul Islam
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, BAU, Mymensingh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

With the development of Shrimp industry, different categories of stakeholders of coastal communitities are involved in production, processing and marketing of shrimp. The present study made an attempt to determine the gender role and empowerment of stakeholders involved in shrimp industry. Considering the different activities performed and the section of communities people (stakeholder) engaged in shrimp industry was divided into I 1 sub-sectors. Data were collected from 220 stakeholders including both men and women involved in different sectors of shrimp industry. The men and women were involved in shrimp farm activities as shrimp seed collectors, shrimp farm laborers and workers in processing plant and depot. Moreover, male participation and involvement in different works of shrimp industry are dominant compared to women. In addition, men earned more compared to women where both men and women laborers were employed. On the other hand, women participation and involvement were greater both in reproductive activities and home based income generating activities. Considering all the activities of shrimp farm, per day time budget for women was sufficiently higher (15.45 hours) compared to men stakeholders (11.30 hours). Time allocation for income generating activities has also being increased for women stakeholders after development of shrimp industry. Again, women stakeholders participated in activities of decision making process of family affairs and management of household assets indicating women empowerment.

Keywords: Shrimp,Impact, Gender,Employment

Location: Khulna, Satkhira and Cox's Bazar districts

Start Date: 00-00-2005

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Shrimp

Objectives:

To determine the gender role and empowerment of stakehoders involved in shrimp industry.

Methodology:

Three study areas were purposively selected from Khulna, Satkhira and Cox's Bazar districts depending upon the concentration of shrimp farms and allied industry related to production, processing and distribution of shrimp products. The study areas included Paikgacha of Khulna, Shamnagar of Satkhira and Teknaf of Cox's Bazar district. From these districts, in total 220 stakeholders including both men and women were selected to determine the gender role and empowerment of stakeholders living in coastal areas of Bangladesh. Data for this study were collected for the year 2005. Several visits were made for collecting required data and information. To determine the gender role and empowerment of stakeholders, `before and after' method was applied. In this regard, most of the respondents were selected purposively from the age group of 30-50 years as an assumption was made that the fathers and forefathers of the respondents had an experience of traditional agriculture as practiced earlier. So, inferences about earlier and traditional social structure and changing gender role and empowerment were possible to know from their experiences. Stakeholders involved in different sub-sectors of shrimp industry were taken as the unit for analysis. The data and information so collected were analyzed and presented in this paper.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agric. Econs, XXX, 2(2007) 57-67

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Achievement/Findings:

The men and women were involved in shrimp farm activities as shrimp seed collectors, shrimp farm laborers and workers in processing plant and depot. Moreover, male participation and involvement in different works of shrimp industry are dominant compared to women. In addition, men earned more compared to women where both men and women laborers were employed. On the other hand, women participation and involvement were greater both in reproductive activities and home based income generating activities. Considering all the activities of shrimp farm, per day time budget for women was sufficiently higher (15.45 hours) compared to men stakeholders (11.30 hours). Time allocation for income generating activities has also being increased for women stakeholders after development of shrimp industry. Again, women stakeholders participated in activities of decision making process of family affairs and management of household assets indicating women empowerment.

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