Economics of catfish hatchery farmers and its contribution to household poverty alleviation in Nigeria

Ashley-Dejo, Samuel Segun; Adelaja, Olusunmbo Adeolu

doi:10.2478/ats-2022-0003

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“…Ashley-Deji and Adelaja [16] studied economics of catfish hatchery farmers and its contribution to household poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The study made use of the data gathered from the farm and household levels through the use of questionnaire to analyze the economics of catfish hatchery farming and its contribution to household poverty alleviation in Oyo and Osun States, Southwest Nigeria.…”

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Analysis of Fishery and Forestry Ventures and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

Awujola,

Obumneke,

Terhemen

2023

AJEBA

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Fishery and forestry ventures are sub-sectors of agriculture with the potential for poverty reduction through employment creation, value addition, and improvement in export earnings. Nevertheless, they have received relatively less attention from all levels of government in Nigeria. This paper examined the effect of fishery and forestry ventures on poverty reduction in Nigeria between 1976 and 2022. Ex-post facto research design was adopted. Data were sourced from CBN annual statistical bulletin, the National Bureau of Statistics, publications of the World Bank, as the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. NARDL was adopted for data analysis. Phillip-Peron Unit root tests revealed a uniform order of integration, while Co-integration Bounds test revealed no existence of long-run relationship between the fishery and forestry ventures and poverty reduction. Findings revealed that agricultural production in fishery and forestry has no significant long-run nexus with poverty reduction in Nigeria. The paper recommended that the Federal Department of Fisheries should engage reputable research institutes and colleges in the fishery industry in Nigeria to train and retrain participants in the sub-sectors to provide skilled workforce in the development of sustainable fishery production towards poverty reduction in Nigeria. The paper also recommended that regulatory agencies in the forestry sub-sector in Nigeria appoint more supervisors and enforcement officers to ensure adequate regulation of the industry towards adding maximum economic value to the exploration and exploitation of the forestry resources in Nigeria by reducing leakages and ensuring that adequate taxes and levies are paid including collection of relevant penalties from defaulters in order to attain sustainable income generation and poverty reduction among the accredited participants.

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Analysis of Fishery and Forestry Ventures and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

Awujola,

Obumneke,

Terhemen

2023

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“…This suggests that despite poor production, there is a significant demand for fish in the nation. This increasing demand for fish has demonstrated that the country's catfish marketing and production industries have promising futures (Balami et al, 2019; Ashley & Adelaja, 2022) [5,3] . The world's largest producer of African catfish, one of Africa's most valuable freshwater fish species is Nigeria.…”

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2023

Int. J. Fish. Aquat. Stud.

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The study assessed the economic analysis of catfish production in Anambra West Metropolis, Anambra state, Nigeria. The sample size for the study comprised one hundred and twenty catfish farmers in Anambra West metropolis who were purposively selected. Data were collected using structured interview schedule by the researcher and other research assistants. Simple descriptive statistics like percentage, frequency, mean scores standard deviation and Net Farm Income were used for data analysis and result presentation. The study found that catfish production is a profitable business in the area with estimated total cost of ₦14,246,163 Net Farm Income of ₦20,000,000 and ROI of 2.47. Catfish producers in the area cited high feed costs, lack of capital and others as major constraints. The study suggests government engagement to manage and lower the import taxes levied on dealers who import foreign feeds and to develop local feed mills to increase feed production and nutritional content.

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“…Fish farming has gain popularity from what it used to be in the last century from homestead to commercialised fish production. It is practiced all over the country because of its acceptability by all tribes (Ashley-Dejo and Adelaja, 2022). It is considered as the cheapest source of animal protein with unsaturated fatty acid (Omotoyin, 2007).…”

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ADOPTION OF IMPROVED HATCHERY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OF Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) AMONG FISH FARMERS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

Samuel

2022

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research

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Fish farming has appreciative return on investment, driving more investors into the enterprise. This has made demand for fish seed to increase significantly resulting in scarcity and this could be prevented by developing and adopting improved fish hatchery production technologies. This study investigated level of adoption of improved fish hatchery production technologies of Clarias gariepinus among fish farmers in Southwest Nigeria. The study employed simple random sampling technique to select 440 fish hatchery farmers. Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics and regression model. The findings indicated that research institutes (2.60) were the main source of information on improved fish hatchery production technologies. The result further revealed that awareness, trial and adoption of improved fish hatchery production technologies were high unfortunately some farmers discontinued some of the technologies after adoption. Results from regression analysis show that sex (0.46211), educational qualification (0.04953), number of worker/labour (0.07584), number of fish enclosure units (0.18647) and years of experience (0.04584) had positive and significant influence on adoption of improve fish hatchery production technologies. The study concludes that technology with high level of adoption had high discontinuance rate after some time. Therefore, technology with high level of discontinuance or with low level of adoption should be improved upon and disseminated appropriately.

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Economics of catfish hatchery farmers and its contribution to household poverty alleviation in Nigeria

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Analysis of Fishery and Forestry Ventures and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

Analysis of Fishery and Forestry Ventures and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

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ADOPTION OF IMPROVED HATCHERY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OF Clarias gariepinus (BURCHELL, 1822) AMONG FISH FARMERS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

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