Change Agency Facilitated Social Entrepreneurship towards Comunity-based Fisheries Management (CBFM) in Vembad Lake, Kerala

Abstract

This paper describes community-based fisheries management (CBFM) in Vembanad Lake through SHG facilitated social entrepreneurship venture mobilized by NGO. In the present study, an attempt was made to understand the social entrepreneurship attitudes of the SHG members. Level of participation in the social entrepreneurship venture was also studied. The perceived benefits from the change agency (NGO) were also quantified. Attitude towards social entrepreneurship was measured using the Social entrepreneurship scale. Data were collected from five SHGs and NGO staff. In particular, a model was developed on change agency facilitated social entrepreneurship towards CBFM. The model argued that social entrepreneurship could be a vehicle which contributes to sustainable environmental management.