Physical Assets Ownership of Fisherfolk in Fishing Communities of Kainji Lake Nigeria: Implications for Climate Change
A probe was carried out to ascertain fisherfolk ownership of physical assets for fisheries activities in fishing communities’ vis-à -vis implication of climate change around Kainji Lake. Interview schedule was employed to generate primary data from 165 respondents in eleven fishing communities on...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
| Online Access: | http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/69 |
| Summary: | A probe was carried out to ascertain fisherfolk ownership of physical
assets for fisheries activities in fishing communities’ vis-à -vis implication
of climate change around Kainji Lake. Interview schedule was employed
to generate primary data from 165 respondents in eleven fishing
communities on western side of the lake and analysed with descriptive
and inferential statistics. Information on personal characteristics revealed
that most of the respondents were advanced in age, small scale artisan
fisherfolk with many years of experience, self employed and married with
children but had poor education. Physical assets owned fall into three
categories of fishing asset (33.3%), fish processing asset (41.7%) and
accessories (25%). Conspicuous assets owned were fishing net, wooden
canoe, hook & line, fish drying net, improved banda and modified drum
smoking kiln. Physical assets that use wood and fuelwood which
impinged on climate change were fishing canoe, improved banda and
modified drum smoking kiln. Correlates of improved banda and modified
drum kiln were marital status and number of wives. It implies that marital
family’s ownership of fish smoking processing assets contributed to
climate change problems through deforestation thereby causing
desertification, soil erosion, destruction of ecosystem and weather
variations with serious consequences on water bodies, fisheries, and
livelihood in fishery around the lake. Worrisome is zero ownership of solar
tent dryer which uses renewable energy of the sun and friendly to climate
change adaptation. In view of prevailing evidence, adaptation to climate
change is subject to modification of solar net drier to meet fish smoking
needs. In alternative is exploration of biomass energy sources that is
sustainable like rice husk for fish smoking as a mitigation strategy. |
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |