Traditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria

cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.description.themeFisheriesen_US
cg.identifier.ISIindexedISI indexed
cg.identifier.statusOpen access
cg.identifier.worldfish2969
cg.subject.agrovocfisheries
cg.subject.agrovoclivelihoods
cg.subject.worldfishfisheries management
cg.subject.worldfishpolicy
cg.subject.worldfishpoverty reduction
dc.creatorNeiland, A.R.
dc.creatorMadakan, S.P.
dc.creatorBene, C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-27T10:45:39Z
dc.date.available2018-11-27T10:45:39Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis paper, basd on fieldwork results, explores traditional mangement systems (TMS) in the arid zone fisheries of north-eastern Nigeria with particular reference to their impact on rural poverty. The first section provides a historical background by tracing the evolution of the TMS since the ninettenth century, with reference to government policy on fisheries management and poverty alleviation. The second gives an overview of TMS, including definitions, distribution, principal objectives, regulatory mechanisms and the impact of TMS on the performance of the fisheries and on the livelihoods of rural people. The third considers the perceptions and attitudes of fishing communities with regards to the fisheries and TMS. The paper concludes, paradoxially, that while TMS provide a basis for the sustainable livelihoods of many fishing people, they also reflect and enforce the social positions of the rich and powerful members of society who oversee them, at the expense of the poor. In the future, poverty alleviation in fisheries will need to incorporate both sectoral and non-sectoral strategies - dealing with the existing 'paradox of TMS' by encouraging appropriate institutional changes and community development, and recognizing the importance of employment creation in other sectors of the economy as a source of alternative income.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Agrarian Change 5(1): 117-148
dc.identifier.issn1471-0358
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1933
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceJournal of Agrarian Change
dc.titleTraditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNeiland, A.R.; Madakan, S.P.; Béné, C. (2005). Traditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria. Journal of Agrarian Change 5(1): 117-148
worldfish.location.areaAfrica

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