Capital utilization for livelihoods among rural fishing migrant households in the origin area

  • Authors

    • Nattapon Meekaew
    • Dusadee Ayuwat
    2018-04-02
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.10.10962
  • Livelihoods, Capital, Capital Utilization, Household in The Origin Area, Fishing Industry
  • This research paper aims to analyze the capital utilized for livelihoods among the fishing migrant households in the origin area. A qualitative methodological approach, specifically a phenomenological approach was applied in the study, with in-depth interview and participatory observation employed as research tools. Twenty fishing migrant households, located in Bah sub-district, Surin province were selected as the target of the study; the data collection period was during January to June 2017. The research results explored the variety of capital that the fishing migrant households utilized for their livelihoods. The households created their livelihood strategies based on the capital they possessed. The five categories of capital that were identified as resources for creating livelihood strategies included 1) financial capital, which the households used to make life choices in the form of savings and land accumulation, 2) human capital, which was in the form of knowledge and experience applied in their careers in order to sustain the household life. 3) Social capital, which was used to solve household problems, for instance, tracking household members who were missing during fishing work, or participating in community activity, and 4) natural capital and physical capital, which were used as a mechanism in striving to make a living, for instance, collecting wild food items, or using natural materials to construct a house.

     


  • References

    1. [1] Chambers R & Conway GR (2005), ‘Ideas for Development’, London: Earthscan.

      [2] Ayuwat D & Chamaratana T (2014), ‘The role of labor broker networks in setting the price of working abroad for Thai migrant workers’, Asia-Pacific Population Journal 28(4), 51-68.

      [3] National Bureau of Statistics (2016), ‘The Migration Survey’, Available: http://service.nso.go.th/nso/web/survey.

      [4] Chantavanich S, Laodumrongchai S & Stringer CS (2016), ‘Under the Shadow: Forced Labour Among Sea Fishers in Thailand’, Marine Policy 68, 1-7.

      [5] International Labour Organization (2013), ‘Employment Practices and Working Conditions in Thailand’s Fishing Sector’, Bangkok: ILO.

      [6] DFID (1999), ‘Sustainable Livelihoods Guidance Sheets’, London: Department for International Development (DFID).

      [7] Fama EF & Miller MH (1972), ‘The Theory of Finance’, Hinsdale, Illinois: Dryden Press.

      [8] Marx K (1972), ‘Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Vol.1’, (B. Fowkes, Trans.), Middlesex: Penguin Book.

      [9] Polanyi K (1977), “The Livelihood of Man’, (H.W. Pearson, Ed.), New York: Academic Press.

      [10] Moustakas C (1994), ‘Phenomenological Research Method’, Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE Publications.

      [11] Voicu MC (2011), ‘Using the Snowball Method in Marketing Research on Hidden Populations’, Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 1, 1341–1351.

      [12] Hsieh HF & Shannon SE (2005), ‘Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis’, Qualitative Health Research 15(9), 1277-1288.

      [13] Chiodi V, Jaimovich E & Rojas GM (2012), ‘Migration, Remittances and Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Rural Mexico’, The Journal of Development Studies 48(8), 1139-1155.

      [14] Dustmann C, Fadlon I & Weiss Y (2011), ‘Return Migration, Human Capital Accumulation and the Brain Drain’, Journal of Development Economics 95(1), 58-67.

      [15] Stijns JP (2006), ‘Natural Resource Abundance and Human Capital Accumulation’, World Development 34(6), 1060-1083.

      [16] Hunter LM, Nawrotzki R, Leyk S, Maclaurin GJ, Twine W, Collinson M & Erasmus B (2013), ‘Rural Outmigration, Natural Capital, and Livelihoods in South Africa’, Population, Space, and Place 20(5), 402-420.

      [17] Sen A (2005), ‘Human Rights and Capabilities’, Journal of Human Development 6(2), 151-166.

      [18] Phongsiri M (2015), ‘Thai Diaspora and Sustainable Livelihood Strategies’, Khon Kaen: Khon Kaen University.

      [19] Emerson R (1976), ‘Social Exchange Theory’, Annual Review of Sociology 2, 335-362.

      [20] Baumann P (2000), ‘Sustainable Livelihoods and Political Capital: Arguments and Evidence from Decentralization and Natural Resource Management in India’, (Working paper 136). London: Overseas Development Institute.

      [21] Nee V & Opper S (2010), ‘Political Capital in a Market Economy’, Social Forces 88(5), 2105-2132.

  • Downloads

  • How to Cite

    Meekaew, N., & Ayuwat, D. (2018). Capital utilization for livelihoods among rural fishing migrant households in the origin area. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(2.10), 86-90. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.10.10962