Kishor C Samal
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Contents: Introduction. 1. Shrimp farming, environment and rural livelihood in coastal Odisha. 2. Environmental impact of shrimp farming practice in Dhamara region. 3. Objectives, methodology and coverage of the follow-up study: use of antibiotics in shrimp framing. 4. Characteristics of shrimp farms. 5. Monitoring of shrimp health. 6. Use of additives in shrimp ponds and hatcheries. 7. Summary, conclusion and policy recommendations.
This book attempts to examine the different aspects of migrants in urban informal sector in India, with special reference to Orissa. Analyzing the determinants of rural-urban migration, it describes in detail the factors responsible for the process of urbanization in Orissa.
Evaluating the socio-economic status of the migrants, it discusses at length the various aspects of growth of informal sector and its policy implications. It also examines how geographical ...
This book is a collection of articles written by the author independently except two along with other co-author, mainly relating to environment, based on the findings of the research projects undertaken by the author in the resources-rich state of Odisha. It shows that the rate of environmental degradation deterioration particularly of water, land and forest (jal, jamin and jungle) has increased in the post-liberalization, privatization and globalization era ...
Orissa has been quite vulnerable to natural disasters like flood, drought and cyclone in almost all the years since 1965. These have not only affected the human beings adversely but has also caused a great loss to property. The book, State, NGOs and Disaster Management analyses the impact of 1999 Super Cyclone in Orissa, on the livelihood of poor and vulnerable groups and the response of outside agencies including government and NGOs in relief, construction, ...
The present study attempts to analyse how the degradation of natural resources, particularly forests and water bodies, affect the poor. Modernisation, liberalization and consequent free operation of market forces, has added to sufferings of these marginalized communities. There is also a threat to their traditional occupations due to environmental degradation and deterioration of natural resources in their regions. This trend will further accentuate poverty of ...
This book records the evolution of the concept of informal sector and suggests a new definition of informal sector, particularly in urban areas recognising the heterogeneity in it. Explaining the concept and features of rural non-farm sector, the informal sector in rural areas, it critically evaluates the linkages of informal sector with formal sector and its relation with rural-urban migration. It also examines the growth and dynamics of informal sector on the ...