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Shrimp and seafood processing can provide better income, employment for women in Andhra Pradesh

Women working in sea and shrimp processing facility unit

Visakhapatnam : The employment and income for women in Andhra Pradesh have grown vastly in the last decade with the spurt in shrimp farming and processing.

Shrimp processing facilities in Andhra Pradesh have grown from over 20 to over 90 in the last 10 years. The investment in each processing facility averages around 5 million US dollars and the total investment in the processing sector is expected to be over 400 million US dollars.

The employment opportunities have resulted in families investing in their children's education. The employment landscape has changed in the last decade.

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Earlier, workers visited factories and lined up for work but now this scenario has changed.

Now factories have a fleet of buses that go out to surrounding villages to get the workers and travel up to 2 hours to bring them to the factory.

With growing volumes, processing facilities have been upgraded, and modern facilities built that are more spacious, with in-house dormitories that are equipped for the comfort and safety of the workers.

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A total of 1.2 crore women are working in the shrimp and seafood industry in the entire country.

Non-local workers stay in these dorms for a short duration of 3 to 6 months, then go back to their native towns and then return.

Lakshmi, a woman working in the shrimp and seafood processing unit, said that she is getting good remuneration from her work.

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