The Role of Values and Beliefs in Dried Fish Production: A Focus on the Well-Being of Producers in the Indian Sundarbans

Values and beliefs within social-ecological systems (SES) are a fundamental aspect of perception and cognition, which have largely been neglected within the social-ecological systems literature. The purpose of this research is to understand the values and beliefs of dried fish producers and how they contribute to the producers’ well-being in Sundarbans region, West Bengal, India.
The research will be guided by three main questions:
1- What are values and beliefs of the producers of dried fish in selected village communities of Indian Sundarbans?
2- What are the key drivers that influence, both positively and negatively, the values and beliefs around dried fish production?
3- What is the role of dried fish related values and beliefs in strengthening the producers’ well-being?
The result of this project will give voice to the diverse actors who populate the processing and marketing of dried fish activities, including women and men. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Prateep Kumar Nayak

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Partner:

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

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