TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of community participation for the development of culture-based fisheries in village reservoirs of Sri Lanka
AU - Wattage, Premachandra
AU - Kularatne, M.
AU - Amarasinghe, U.
AU - Silva, S.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this paper, an attempt is made to identify the socioeconomic characteristics of a community that influence the development and management of culture-based fisheries in village reservoirs of Sri Lanka. Socioeconomic data were collected from 46 agricultural farming communities associated with 47 village reservoirs in Sri Lanka. Principal component analysis indicated that scores of the first principal component were positively influenced by socioeconomic characteristics that are favorable for making collective decisions. These included leadership of the officers, age of the group, percentage of active members of the group, percentage of kinship of the group, percentage of common interest of the group, and percentage of participation of the group. The size of the group had a negative effect on the first principal component. The principal component scores of communities were positively related to willingness to pay (P
AB - In this paper, an attempt is made to identify the socioeconomic characteristics of a community that influence the development and management of culture-based fisheries in village reservoirs of Sri Lanka. Socioeconomic data were collected from 46 agricultural farming communities associated with 47 village reservoirs in Sri Lanka. Principal component analysis indicated that scores of the first principal component were positively influenced by socioeconomic characteristics that are favorable for making collective decisions. These included leadership of the officers, age of the group, percentage of active members of the group, percentage of kinship of the group, percentage of common interest of the group, and percentage of participation of the group. The size of the group had a negative effect on the first principal component. The principal component scores of communities were positively related to willingness to pay (P
U2 - 10.1080/13657300802674914
DO - 10.1080/13657300802674914
M3 - Article
SN - 1365-7305
VL - 13
SP - 22
EP - 38
JO - Aquaculture Economics & Management
JF - Aquaculture Economics & Management
IS - 1
ER -