Done by Antar Sarkar, Student, Faculty of Fisheries, CVASU

1. BIENVENIDOS
PRA Tour
to
‘Sankha River’
Fishing Community
Group- SANGU
Course: IFM-301
‘FoF 5th Batch
CVASU

2. SDG and their Livelihood

3. ‘Sankha’ the Beauty

4. ‘Sankha’ the Beauty

5. Area Roaming

6. Area Roaming

7. Community Sketch Map

8. Resource Map

9. Transect Walk

10. Transect Diagram

11. Focus Group Discussion

12. Focus Group Discussion

13. Daily Routine of the Community
Time Activities
7.00 to 8.30 AM Bathing, cloth washing, brooming, breakfast, school going,
going to work etc.
9.00 AM to 11.30 AM Fish catching, net making, watering plants, fuel collection etc.
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM Fish selling, buying daily commodity, cooking etc.
2.00 PM to 3.00 PM Lunch, rest etc.
3.30 PM to 5.00 PM Go to local market, gossiping, evening meal, playing, Kantha
sewing, coming back from school, coming back from work etc.
5.00 PM to 7.00 PM Prayer, cooking, gossiping, net and boat repairing, reading etc.
7.30 PM to 9.00 PM Dinner, singing local song, go to sleep etc.

14. Seasonal Calendar

15. Venn Diagram about the Occupation

16. Pie Chart of Education Status
Status Percentage
Below Class 5 82%
Up to SSC 10%
Up to HSC 5%
Higher 3%
82%
10%
5% 3%
Education Status
1 2 3 4

17. Histogram
Education Status of the Community
Age range Frequency
5-10 9
10-15 7
15-20 3
20-25 2

18. ITK (Indigenous Technical Knowledge)
ITK
Net making
Boat
making
Fishing
trap
making
Bait
preparation
Soil wall
making
Pool
making

19. Timeline (Historical Mapping)
According to : Uzzal Das, Akash Das

20. Conversation about
Fishing Status

21. 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Faissa Chingri Loitya Carp Ilish
FISH
Percentage of Catch of Different Fish
Fig: Bar Diagram
Bar Diagram

22. System Diagram of Marketing Channel

23. Boat and Gear

24. Culture Pond

25. Wealth Ranking
Boat Net Break
house
Mud
hous
e
Fence
House
Agri-
land
Pond Sanitary
latrine
Fisherman 8 14 1 5 14 3 2 3
Other
occupation
0 6 2 3 7 7 4 4
Fish monger 4 3 2 5 3 2 1 2
Score 12 23 5 13 24 12 7 9
Total Fisherman = 20, Other = 12, Monger =10
Resource
Occupation

26. Wealth Ranking
Fence House
Net
Mud House
Agri-land
Latrine
Pond

27. Problem Discussion

28. Discussion with Women

29. Problem Diagram
Problems
Kachki Net
Health
Facilities
Muscleman
Training
Loan
Support
Flood
Education

30. Problem Analysis Chart
Kachki
Net
Education Facilities Flood Muscleman Training Loan Support
Score
(Male)
10 9 9 6 6 9 8 6
Score
(Femal
e
9 8 9 6 8 7 7 5
Total
Score
19 17 18 12 14 16 15 11
Rank 1 3 2 7 6 4 5 8

31. Poverty Assessment
Kachki Net
Health Facilities
Education
Training
Loan
Muscleman
Flood
Support
Poverty

32. Conversation about
Health Status

33. 6020
12
8
Health Status
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Pie Chart of Health Status
Disease Percentage
Enteric 60%
Fever and Cold 20%
Pneumonia 12%
Other Severe 8%

34. Fishing Condition Observation

35. Fishing Condition Observation

36. Living Condition

37. Living Condition

38. Impact Diagram
Muscleman Influence Lack of Loan
Lack of Alternative Occupation
Lack of Agri-land Lack of Support
Lack of Training
Poverty Low Capability
Vulnerability
Lower Life Standard

39. 1) Training 2) Education 3) Loan 4) House 5) Legislations Rank
1) Training Training Training Training Legislation Legislation
2) Education Education Loan Loan Training Training
3) Loan Education House Loan Loan
4) House Education House House
5) Legislations Education Education
Pair-wise Ranking & Scoring of Problems

40. 1) Training 2) Education 3) Loan 4) House 5) Legislations Rank
Akash 5 3 2 6 7 Daily
Labor
Uzzal 8 6 8 6 9 Industry
Labor
Hari 9 7 5 6 7 Fish
Catching
Sajal 4
18
6
16
4
11
8
20
7
21
Fish
Farming
Scoring among 10 marks
Preference Ranking & Scoring of Occupations

41. 1) Fish
Catching
2) Fish
Farming
3) Agriculture 4) Industry
Labor
5) Daily
Labor
Rank
Income 5 3 2 6 7 Daily
Labor
Effort 8 6 8 6 9 Industry
Labor
Satisfaction 9 7 5 6 7 Fish
Catching
Lifestyle 4 6 4 8 7 Fish
Farming
Sustainability 5 4 3 7 8 Agricultur
e
Matrix Ranking and Scoring of Occupations

42. Ujjal Dipak Hari Sojol Bisnu Score Rank
Unavailability of
Fish
8 7 8 9 7 39 1
Lack of
Governance
8 9 7 6 8 38 2
Lack of Fishing
Gear
5 6 5 7 8 31 3
Lack of Price 6 5 4 3 7 25 5
Natural
Calamities
5 4 3 7 8 27 4
Preference Ranking & Scoring of Problems

43. SWOT Analysis
STRENTH
• Sankha river
• Technical
knowledge
• Unity
• Own boat and gear
WEAKNESS
• Illiteracy
• Lack of training
• Lack of leadership
• Vulnerability
THREAT
• Kachki net
• Muscleman
• Natural disaster
• Suppression
OPPORTUNITY
• Aquaculture
• Integrated agriculture
• Net making
• Labor division

44. Sustainable Livelihood Approach
Vulnerability
Context
• Kachki Jaal
• Loan
• Support
• Alternative
• occupation
Livelihood
Strategies
• Aquaculture
• Integrated
Culture
• Flower culture
• Net Production
• Technical
Involvement
Transforming
Policies
• Licensing
• Resilience act
• Budget allocation
• Low interest loan
policy
Livelihood Outcome
• Fishing right
• Food Security
• Education Rate
• Proper Housing
• Own Land
Transforming
Structures
• CBO
• NGO
• Gov support
• Muscleman
prevention
• Stakeholder
involvement

45. “Your autobiography will be good one
only when you have roamed around
thousands of lives”