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Fish consumption patterns and diets of rural and urban Nigerians
Type: Working Paper
Nigeria is a country highly reliant on marine and inland fish for economic activity and food and nutrition security (Kolding, Van Zwieten, Marttin, & Poulain, 2019; Selig et al., 2018), while aquaculture is a growing sector. ...
Cost, competition and employment along farmed fish value chains in Nigeria
Type: Brief
In this brief we summarize our findings from a value chain survey of relevant stakeholders in Nigeria to better understand the aquaculture industries’ post-production cost composition, market competition environment, and ...
Performance analysis of existing catfish and tilapia value chains and market systems in Nigeria: A post-farmgate value chain scoping study
Type: Report
Nigeria is the largest fish producer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fish plays a crucial role in supporting the
livelihoods of fish producers and actors along the post-farmgate value chain in the country. Despite the
virtues of ...
Nigeria fish futures. Aquaculture in Nigeria: Increasing Income, Diversifying Diets and Empowering Women. Report of the scoping study
Type: Report
Nigeria is the second-largest aquaculture producer in Africa, with a high demand and preference for
fish among consumers. However, the role and potential of aquaculture to achieve goals for improving
smallholder income, ...
Experimental and survey-based data on willingness to pay for seafood safety and environmental sustainability certification in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Fish/seafood represents an increasingly important source of animal protein in diets globally. Aquaculture growth, which already constitutes half of all seafood consumed by humans, is critical to meet increasing demand for ...
A review of the performance of fish seed systems in Africa
Type: Internal Report
Globally, fish is one of the most important sources of animal protein and a key source of livelihood. In Africa,
fish production has significantly increased in recent years, but the proportion of fish production relative ...
Reducing post-harvest losses in Nigeria's aquaculture sector contributes to sustainable development
Type: Blog
While increasing fish production and productivity in the long term are practical strategies for increasing fish consumption that address malnutrition in Nigeria, reducing post-harvest losses of fish from farm-gate to ...
Are consumers in developing countries willing to pay for aquaculture food safety certification? Evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Many developing countries face challenges in managing food safety risks associated with consumption of animal-source foods. Efforts to address these challenges increasingly recognize the role of certification in agri-food ...
Endowments, expectations, and the value of food safety certification: experimental evidence from fish markets in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
We study the impact of endowments and expectations on reference point formation and measure the value of food safety certification in the context of fish trading on real markets in Nigeria. In our field experiment, consumers ...