Assessment of women participation in fish valued chain acivities in Buguma area of Rivers state, Nigeria
Date
2016
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U. P.
Abstract
The study focused on the assessment of women participation in fish value chain in Buguma community, Asari-Toru local Government Area of Rivers state. Data were obtained from 56 women in the study area. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage and mean were used to analyse the data collected from the study. Findings revealed that 44.7% of the women are within the age range of 40-49 years, which makes them still energetic to actively participate in the fish value chain. Majority of the women had formal education with 42.9% with a mean household of size of 6-10 persons. Majority of the respondents are in a cooperative society 71.4%, about 55.3% have a farming experience of 10 years and above. Extension agents visit the study area with about 98.8% respondents. The average annual income gotten by the women was about N20,000. Stages involved in the fish value chain in the study area includes capture of fish, handling and sorting, processing, storage, marketing, advertising, distribution. The women are actively involved in each of the chain. It was noted that women have a high level of participation in fish value chain in Buguma community (89.3%). The problems faced by these women includes lack of modern facilities, lack of fund, insufficient wood fuel, lack of harvesting equipment’s, technical know-how of modern facilities and poor storage facilities with 98.8% respondents agreeing to it. Despite the participation of the women in fish value chain, they were hardly given attention by the extension agents who visited the study area
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A research article on" women participation in fish valued chain activities" done in collaboration with a FUTO staff. It contains tables.
Keywords
women participation, fish value chain, Department Of Agricultural Extension
Citation
Ogolo, I. G. S., Ogueri, E. & Adesope, O. M. (2016). Assessment of women participation in fish value chain acivities in Buguma area of Rivers state, Nigeria. Journal For Applied Research 7(1), 8-16