Society of Extension Education GujaratPublished: Gujarat Journal of Extension Education (P-ISSN: 2322-0678 & E-ISSN: 3048-9946)
Society of Extension Education GujaratAbstract: West Bengal is a state blessed with plenty of water resources, the majority of which are still untapped. In this regard, the government of West Bengal has developed a fisheries investment policy and also promoted various entrepreneurship development schemes to involve more actors in the aquaculture value chain. To initiate an all-round development of a sector first we need to know the status of development of the recipients of the sector. Aquapreneurs are the key recipients of the aquaculture sector. In this era of equality and equity, the government is promoting both the men and women aquapreneurs. Henceforth, to understand the status of development among the men and women aquapreneurs the present study was conducted. The study was conducted in three districts namely Murshidabad, Nadia, and North 24 Parganas due to their high fish production and concentration of a greater number of women aquapreneurs. Purposive convenience sampling and snowball sampling were used to select 245 respondents comprising 170 men aquapreneurs and 75 women aquapreneurs. The findings of the study indicated that the majority of the men aquapreneurs belonged to the middle age category (41-60 yrs.) whereas women aquapreneurs were mostly in the young age category (21-40 years). The men aquapreneurs had a higher educational qualification, total area holding, and social participation as compared to women aquapreneurs. The socio-economic determinants affecting income were found to be total area holding, educational qualification, and social participation in the case of men aquapreneurs, however, in the case of women it was only experience. The findings of the study indicate that women aquapreneurs are at their initial stages of development and are in a disadvantaged position in many indicators concerning men aquapreneurs. The study suggests women targeted approaches need to be implemented by the government to promote and boost women entrepreneurs.
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