Theses & Dissertations

The present study aims to investigate the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, the political crisis, and the energy crisis on the women-led small-scale dried fish production businesses and men-led small-scale dried fish production businesses and their coping strategies to adapt to the effects of the Crises. Qualitative research methodology has used to reveal gendered impacts of crises. The research finding indicates that many small-scale dried fish production businesses were affected by the different interruptions of the crises. The crises created not only business operational obstacles but also financial hardships. However, many small-scale dried fish production businesses have created various adaptation strategies to cope with the impacts of crises. Changing the selling method or channel, selling dried fish by adjusted price, using credit and saving, and traveling at a safe time were the common strategies to adapt to the impacts of different crises. The variant marketing strategies, the habit of avoiding potential risks, and lack of adequate business operating cash flow differentiate in receiving the effects between med-led and women-led business. Similarly, the financial availability, access, and willingness to take credit have led to disparate coping mechanisms by the gender of the businesses’ owner.

This research contributes to the fisheries and gender literature by evaluating the impacts of crises, coping mechanisms, and the factors that influence the crises’ effects and adaptive capacity of the small-scale dried fish production businesses led by men and women. Understanding the influence factors helps to develop the factors mitigate the similar crises’ effects in the future.