DFM Mizoram and Manipur scoping report

Terms of Reference

• 30-40 pages scoping study report.
• Subject to modifications agreed upon with the Project Director, the report will follow the report structure given in the document DFM Guideline: Scoping report structure.

Status

DRAFT

Workflow

• 2021-06-14: Draft report submitted. DFM_RPT_VSS_Scoping-report.doc
• 2021-08-06: Under review. TODO: Derek to complete review by 2021-08-11; schedule copy editing (language and presentation)
• 2021-10-05: Comments from Derek. Suggestion to add more empirical description of value chain and links to primary demographic data, which should be provided. DFM_RPT_VSS_Scoping-NE-States-of-India_2021-06_DJ.doc To be copy-edited with DFM Central; send specific questions to Ramachandrudu as they emerge

Metadata

abstract

Dried fish has an outstanding contributory role in nutrition and food security worldwide. In the context of global food security and livelihood of small scale fishermen in developing countries, it is dispiriting that its importance is poorly understood. Therefore, the main objective of the present study was to determine the extent and pattern of respondent’s participation in dried fish in Manipur and Mizoram. In Manipur four districts were selected (Imphal West, Bishnupur, Chandel and Thoubal and four districts were selected (Aizwel, Lunglei, Mamit and Kolashib) in Mizoram as the locale of the study. One hundred sixty respondents and fifteen markets were selected following stratified disproportionate random sampling technique from the target population of Manipur and Mizoram. Data were collected by the researcher herself during September, 2020 to Feb, 2021 using pre-tested interview schedule.

series

DFM Reports

title

Scoping Study on Dried Fish in India's Northeastern States

date

2021

author

Village Service Society (VSS)

series editor

Derek Johnson

license

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

address

Dried Fish Matters Project Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts 432 Fletcher Argue Building, 15 Chancellor Circle The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 CANADA

dried.fish.matters@umanitoba.ca

acknowledgements

This work draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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Contents

Introduction

Materials and methods

Literature review

Results and discussion

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex 1: Photos of Manipur and Mizoram

Annex 2: Photos with dried fish local name