Inland fisheries of North East Nigeria including the Upper River Benue, Lake Chad and the Nguru–Gashua wetlands

Neiland, A.; Weeks, Jessica L. P.; Madakan, Sunday; Ladu, B.

doi:10.1016/s0165-7836(00)00181-8

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“…According to the respondents, they prefer to do the fishing and fish trading activities together to avoid the involvement of middlemen who, most of the time, play a major role in devaluing the product along the value chain. In doing so, respondents in the study area are using fishing and fish-related activities as employment opportunities, in the same way as reported elsewhere (Neiland et al, 2000, Welcomme et al, 2010. In Ethiopia, contributions of another reservoir (Tendaho) in the same manner as the result of this study, has been indicated to be a good source of employment for youth, livelihood income for the pastoralists-fishermen of the Afar people, improved nutrition, and food security (Mesay et al, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 54%

The Contribution of Fisheries to Livelihoods of Communities around Alwero Reservoir in Abobo District, Gambella, Ethiopia

Asmamaw

Shitaw

Berisa

2021

Turkish JAF Sci.Tech.

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This research was planned to study the contribution of fishing and fishery-related activities, and identify its threats. Primary data were collected from the Kano locality around the Alwero reservoir through a questionnaire survey, field observation, and Focus Group Discussions. Both purposive and simple random sampling procedures were adopted in this study. The result revealed that fisheries and fish-related activities are benefiting the society as a source of employment opportunities, income, provision of food that is rich in nutrients (protein), reliable household income (average annual household income contributed by fishing and fish-related activities being 611.8 USD and 69.3 USD, respectively). Besides, the result also indicated that fishing is being performed by less experienced people, who are using traditional fishing gear and preservation methods, and there is also a serious problem of overexploitation. The regression result indicated that fish price and preservation techniques have affected the average annual household income significantly. The study provided more information on the importance of fishing and its related activities to a household in the Kano locality at Abobo district. It identified overfishing as the major anthropogenic activity threatening the fish abundance and diversity in the reservoir.

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confidence: 54%

The Contribution of Fisheries to Livelihoods of Communities around Alwero Reservoir in Abobo District, Gambella, Ethiopia

Asmamaw

Shitaw

Berisa

2021

Turkish JAF Sci.Tech.

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“…A study in North East Nigeria found that income from fishing was used as input for farming (seed purchase and hiring labour). As a result, fishing households were observed to have higher productivity on their farms than non-fishing households (Neiland et al 2000). However, in this case as well, the higher productivity in farming was not definite evidence that fish contributed to better or greater amounts of food intake through its cash crop function.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…In contrast in Papua New Guinea, Friedman et al (2008) found that only 11-20% of the total catch of fin fish, caught by households, were kept for home consumption. More generally, in areas where fish are abundant year-round, people seem to consume fish caught by household members and hardly buy them in the markets (Neiland et al 2000;Pinca et al 2008). The case studies reviewed through this research also revealed that the species consumed at home are often low market-value fish, but also other aquatic animals.…”

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Linking small-scale fisheries and aquaculture to household nutritional security: an overview

2010

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Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture have been recognized as important opportunities to enhance household food security in developing countries. While interventions aiming at promoting these activities reveal many positive effects, their direct and indirect impacts on nutritional status have not yet been fully documented. The objective of this paper is to identify more specifically the potential pathways that exist between fish-related livelihoods (small-scale fisheries, fish farming) and household nutritional security. The existing literature reveals scattered but increasing evidence of the contribution of fish to nutritional security through three distinct pathways. The first one is the direct nutritional contribution from fish consumption: because fish are rich in essential nutrients such as vitamin A, calcium, iron and zinc, households engaged in small-scale fisheries or aquaculture are, in theory, able to improve their own nutritional intakes by consuming some of the fish they capture or farm. The second relates to income: increased purchasing power through the sale of fish is recognized as critical for households to be able to access other foods and to improve their overall dietary intake. Finally, because the degree of control exercised by women over family income impacts directly on household food security and nutritional outcomes, enhancing the economic status of women through their involvement in aquaculture and/or fisheriesrelated activities (fish processing and trading) is also identified as another important pathway to improve household nutritional security. For these three pathways, however, evidence is often only anecdotal and therefore, the paper concludes by highlighting areas where further research and data are needed.

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“…The result is that traditional management methods are replaced by modern unsustainable management methods at the costs of the local human population and the integrity of the respective ecosystems (Gopal 1991). The fisheries in the wetlands of North East Nigeria (Neiland et al 2000) and the Sahel region (FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations] 1991) demonstrate the conflicts between traditional and modern management. Plant and animal communities of many wetlands in India would completely change if management by the local population were prohibited.…”

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Long-term environmental trends and the future of tropical wetlands

2002

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Tropical wetlands assume important functions in the landscape and contribute considerably to the welfare of large parts of the human population, but they are seriously threatened because they are considered free resources of land and water. This review summarizes long-term environmental trends for tropical wetlands and predicts their future to the time horizon 2025. Many tropical countries do not have the economic strength, scientific and technological capacity, and/or administrative infrastructure to adequately react to the challenges of increasing population pressure and globalization of the economy with respect to the sustainable use of the resources. Furthermore, political instability and armed conflicts affect large areas in several tropical countries, hindering wetland research and management. Detailed wetland inventories are missing in most countries, as are plans for a sustainable management of wetlands in the context of a long-term integrated watershed management. Despite large regional variability, a continental ranking shows, in decreasing order of wetland integrity, South America, Africa, Australia and Asia, while efforts to mitigate human impacts on wetlands are largest and most advanced in Australia. Analysis of demographic, political, economic and ecological trends indicates fairly stable conditions for wetlands in tropical Australia, slight deterioration of the large wetland areas in tropical South America excepting the Magdalena and Cauca River flood plainswhere human population is larger, rapidly increasing pressure and destruction on many African and Central American wetlands and serious threats for the remaining wetlands in tropical Asia, by the year of 2025. Policy deficiencies, deficient planning concepts, limited information and awareness and institutional weakness are the main administrative reasons for wetland degradation and must be overcome to improve wetland management and protection in future. Intensification of international cooperation and assistance is considered of fundamental importance for most tropical countries to solve problems related to wetland research, protection and sustainable management. Figure 2 Major wetlands of tropical and subtropical South America (according to Junk 1993).

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Inland fisheries of North East Nigeria including the Upper River Benue, Lake Chad and the Nguru–Gashua wetlands

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

The Contribution of Fisheries to Livelihoods of Communities around Alwero Reservoir in Abobo District, Gambella, Ethiopia

The Contribution of Fisheries to Livelihoods of Communities around Alwero Reservoir in Abobo District, Gambella, Ethiopia

Linking small-scale fisheries and aquaculture to household nutritional security: an overview

Long-term environmental trends and the future of tropical wetlands

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