Nijerya'da Gençlerin Karides Yetiştiriciliği Değer Zincirine Stratejik Katılımı

Abstract

This study investigates aged operators' willingness to quit operations and youths' inclusion in shrimp value chain. Primary data were obtained using structured questionnaire from randomly selected 120 shrimp operators. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyze collected data. Demographic result suggests that majority (82.50%) of the operators were female and (52.50%) acquired secondary education. The finding shows that aged people (70.83%) dominated shrimp value chain with 29.17% inclusion rate for young actors. Result of hypothesis testing shows that the average income realized by youths is significantly higher than the net income realized aged. About 48% of the aged operators indicated willingness to quit shrimp harvesting in the future due to the drudgery involved. Incentives such as grants, loans and aquaculture-specific education should be given to the youth to encourage more participation. Youths should form important component of government policy and programmes for the development of shrimp industry in Nigeria.

Stochastic frontier analysis of catfish (Clarias gariepinus) aquaculture agribusiness for sustainable fisheries development: Evidence from Nigeria

“…This finding implies that increase in age (old age) of catfish farmers will increase the technical inefficiency of catfish production system in the study area. This result collaborates with the earlier report of Achoja et al (2020) that age is an important variable in the productivity of aquaculture in Nigeria.…”

“…This result implies that an educated catfish farmer will be able to adopt modern fish farming technologies and avoid wastage of farm resources, thereby reducing technical inefficiency. This result collaborates with the earlier report of Achoja et al (2020) that education is an important human capital variable in the productivity of aquaculture in Nigeria.…”

“…The catfish aquaculture sector is yet to record sustainable development in terms of fish output to further close demandsupply gap that is evident in the sector in Nigeria (Olujimi, 2002). Squires et al (2003) and Achoja et al (2020), reported that fishers' age and educational attainment have considerable impacts on the technical efficiency fish aquaculture. Young and educated fishers have potential for sustainable development of catfish aquaculture on the basis of their youthfulness and technical skills (Revilla-Molina et al 2009;Oyinbo et al 2016;Achoja et al 2020).…”