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Poverty alleviation strategies of fishermen and women in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria
Abstract
This study analyzed the poverty alleviation strategies employed by fishermen and women in Lagos and Ogun States of Nigeria. A total of 215 fishermen and women were randomly selected from Lagos and Ogun states Agricultural Development Programmes (125 and 90 respectively). This sample includes members and non - members of fishing cooperatives in the areas.
More than half of the respondents (55%) had low alleviation score while only 10.3 percent had high scores. The poverty alleviation strategies employed by respondents are credit based that is joining Esusu groups engaging in daily contribution and borrowing from friends. The respondents' need for credit as well as their poverty levels were adduced for these. The respondents also engaged in several income generating activities as a poverty alleviation strategies, while person moment correlation co-efficient indicated a significant relationship between respondents poverty alleviation strategies and age (r = 0.02, p < 0.05).
Significant relationship however existed between respondent's poverty alleviation strategies and gender (2 = 13.14, p < 0.05). No significant difference exist between the poverty alleviation strategies employed by cooperator and non-cooperator fishermen and women (t = 1.27, p > 0.05).
This study has identified the level of use of poverty alleviation strategies by fishermen and women in Lagos and Ogun States, thus the poverty alleviation strategies scores can be employed to develop meaningful packages to meet their needs.
(Af J Livestock Extension: 2002 1: 42-46)
More than half of the respondents (55%) had low alleviation score while only 10.3 percent had high scores. The poverty alleviation strategies employed by respondents are credit based that is joining Esusu groups engaging in daily contribution and borrowing from friends. The respondents' need for credit as well as their poverty levels were adduced for these. The respondents also engaged in several income generating activities as a poverty alleviation strategies, while person moment correlation co-efficient indicated a significant relationship between respondents poverty alleviation strategies and age (r = 0.02, p < 0.05).
Significant relationship however existed between respondent's poverty alleviation strategies and gender (2 = 13.14, p < 0.05). No significant difference exist between the poverty alleviation strategies employed by cooperator and non-cooperator fishermen and women (t = 1.27, p > 0.05).
This study has identified the level of use of poverty alleviation strategies by fishermen and women in Lagos and Ogun States, thus the poverty alleviation strategies scores can be employed to develop meaningful packages to meet their needs.
(Af J Livestock Extension: 2002 1: 42-46)
