Navigating Fish Food Insecurity by Simultaneous Household and Marketed Surplus-Led Productions in Kogi State of Nigeria

I P Singh,M M Ahmad,Sanusi Mohammed Sadiq

doi:10.29103/aa.v8i2.4779

Abstract

The study determined the factors influencing simultaneously household and marketed surplus-led fish production in Nigeria’s Kogi State using cross-sectional data collected from 105 fish farmers. The sample size was achieved using a multi-stage sampling technique and the collected data were elicited viz. structured questionnaire complemented with interview schedule. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to achieve the conceptualized objectives. Empirical evidence showed that marketed surplus-led fish production was affected by less risky non-farm incomes with high-income turnover and capital paucity. However, marketable surplus-led production was enhanced by enlarged income, readily available demand that matches the supply, and entrepreneurship zeal among the youthful population in the studied area. In view of the foregoing, the research recommends the need to strengthen the value chain of fish marketing so as to contain any challenge viz. market imperfection which in the long run will jeopardize market-orientation of fish farming which is nascent among most of the farmers in the studied area. In addition, there is a need to address gender inequality in order to arrest poverty vulnerability among women folk viz. budget gender mainstreaming so as to achieve growth and development which are pre-requisite for globalization.Keywords: Food security; Marketable surplus; Purpose; Fish farming; Kogi State; Nigeria

Highlights

Through the provision of nutritious diets, work opportunities and income generation, the fisheries sector has a major impact on the daily activities of most households in low to middle income countries (Belton et al, 2014)
The zeal of young farmers towards achieving a high standard of living due to their quest for materialistic possession will tilt them towards potential commercial fish production needed for fish food security in the studied area
The high standard deviation value of the mean year for experience implied that fish farming in the studied area is neither relatively new nor old

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Introduction

Through the provision of nutritious diets, work opportunities and income generation, the fisheries sector has a major impact on the daily activities of most households in low to middle income countries (Belton et al, 2014). 540 million people, mostly from developing countries, rely either directly or indirectly on the fisheries and aquaculture sector for their livelihoods, accounting for almost 8% of the world population (Belton et al, 2014; Greima et al, 2020). In Nigeria, the fish production sector is a major agricultural sub-sector where achieving food security has become elusive (Oluwasola and Ajayi, 2013). Agriculture contributes 24.4 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria, with the fishery sector contributing 0.5 percent in 2015 (FAO, 2017; Greima et al, 2020). Nigeria's production level from both catch and aquaculture fisheries rose from 441,377 tonnes in 2000 to 759,828 tonnes in 2014. The increase was primarily attributed to the increase in commercial fish farming in and around rural and urban cities of Nigeria and the resulting establishment of accessible fish markets for these farmers

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