Salagrama, Venkatesh creator Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations text Rome Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2006 monographic xvi, 111 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 30 cm This study analyses the livelihoods of marine fishing communities in the Indian coastal state of Orissa using the sustainable livelihoods approach. It investigates the relationships between livelihoods and coastal poverty and seeks to develop simple qualitative indicators to monitor the changes in these relationships over time. The key trends affecting the livelihoods of the poor in the coastal fishing communities in Orissa range across the whole spectrum of "assets" - i.e. the natural, physical, social, human and financial - and contribute to changes in terms of availability as well as access to the assets for the poorer stakeholders. This paper also examines the impact of seasonality and shocks upon the fisheries-based livelihoods and the importance and influence of various policies, institutions and processes in addressing the fishers' need to cope with their vulnerability context "TC/M/A0692E/1/9.09/1600"--P. [4] of cover Fisheries Poverty Coastal zone management 639 FOO 2006 A045 Or. 9251055661 9789251055663