Small-scale Fisheries In Nigeria: Benefits To Households, The Roles Of Women, And Opportunities For Improving Livelihoods

Small-scale Fisheries In Nigeria: Benefits To Households, The Roles Of Women, And Opportunities For Improving Livelihoods

Chapter One

Preface

Background To The Study

Women play a critical part in every link of the value chain in small- scale fisheries, although their best- known places are in processing and marketing of fish and other fishery products. This perception of the largely gender- insulated division of labour( men fishing/ women processing) has shaped the generalized approach in supporting development enterprise for small- scale fisheries. More frequently than not, this approach targets men as fishermen, and women as processors and marketers of fishery products( Bene & Merten, 2008). still, this conception has also made fisheries governance eyeless to women’s other precious inputs to the sector. In fact, their places can and should go beyondpost-harvest and marketing. still, the lack of application of their fresh donation has dissuaded, for illustration, women’s participation in fisheries resource operation and policy decision- timber( Arenas & Lentisco, 2011).

Acceptable participation of women in small- scale fisheries has been perceived as a factor that will produce occasion for perfecting livelihood which is of immense benefit to the ménage in Nigeria. The small- scale fisheries sector is gaining wider transnational attention, through the development of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small- Scale Fisheries in the environment of Food Security and Poverty Eradication( the SSF Guidelines), which were championed in 2014 has not been completely enforced in developing countries including Nigeria. womanish stakeholders in the fisheries sector were, until lately, unnoticeable in the statistics collected and handed to fisheries directors and policy- makers. In recent times, further literature has been directed to making women’s places more visible. For illustration, Williams( 2008) and Weeratunge and Snyder( 2009) describe the different unsexed division of labour in fishing communities, and their involvement and significance in fisheries recycling and trade.

In the small- scale fisheries, women’s places are dominant in thepost-harvest sector. They reuse fish products drying, wreathing, smoking, making fish balls or fish/ shrimp sauce,etc., which they either vend to induce a supplementary income for the family, or use directly for ménage consumption. Despite the significance of thesepost-harvest places and the need to further strengthen them, women’s involvement in fisheries isn’t only limited to thepost-harvest sector. A literature review on the theme of women gender and fisheries reveal that women can actually be relatively active in swash and inland, near- reinforcement and subsistence fisheries. In small- scale fishing communities, women are also the main caregivers of the fishing ménage, responsible for food and nutrition security and, in numerous cases, responsible for family finances( Williams, 2010). This part shouldn’t be undervalued as it places a large burden on women, not only as processors and dealers but also as maters and caregivers for both the youthful and for aged people by furnishing livelihood occasion for the family. With this wide characterization of women as fish processors, dealers and caregivers, the approachable way of taking small scale fisheries issues into account has been by targeting women throughpost-harvest conditioning and ménage support.

This conception of gender places has redounded in the provision of processing tools and/ or credit, and occasionally livelihood diversification support options( rearing beast, weaving,etc.) to women by government of Nigeria. similar conditioning can be considered low- conflict, meaning that they don’t question strategic gender enterprises but only realistic enterprises( Moser, 1989). They allow women to remain in the socially respectable womanish sphere of the ménage and in their “ normal ” places of processor and/ or marketer. Through women’s lesser participation in small scale fisheries, eventually their requirements and precedences are more understood and thus better represented. In general, women also tend to pay further attention to livelihood requirements similar as indifferent distribution of coffers and other matters related to poverty reduction( Gatke, 2008).

The part of women in small- scale fisheries also includes fostering community well- being and profitable growth, adding mindfulness of domestic violence, adding attendance at academy among children, and their( women’s) participation in original politics( Gatke, 2008; Dey de Pryck, 2012; lounge, 2011). Women are also prompt to organize themselves with the purpose of perfecting original conditions in their communities( da Cal Seixas Barbosa and Begossi, 2004). Through adding women’s control over natural coffers, it’s conceivable that there will be advancements similar as adding women’s logrolling power within the ménage, adding not only their weal but also child nutrition and health( Duflo, 2012). All these factors contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and societal well- being. still, to achieve this, development systems in the small- scale fisheries sector need to integrate gender considerations and concentrate on women’s involvement.

Statement Of The Problem

Women may pierce fish by themselves, by going fishing or gleaning in the intertidal zones, by carrying fish from their misters, other family members, other connections, or by buying the fish directly from fishermen or dealers. Indeed when they don’t grope themselves, some of the further business- inclined women frequently finance fishing passages with the agreement that they will have first choice of the catch. Governments and development backing benefactors have handed support to the perceived traditional places of men( fishing) and women(post-harvest). As a consequence, women have been barred from fisheries operation, and they’ve entered little support in retaining factual fishing means, securing rights to fishing grounds or penetrating services similar as capacity structure, specialized advice and microfinance. The lack of women’s representation in decision- making increases community vulnerability to pitfalls related to food security, nutrition and community well- being. Because women generally warrant representation in fisheries associations and fisheries operation bodies, they’re generally barred from decision- timber, particularly for the type of opinions that directly affect the resource they depend on. With such a striking absence of women in decision- making bodies at all situations, it’s easy to understand ménage livelihood enhancement openings which this study is concentrated on.

Objects Of The Study

The following are the objects of this study

1. To examine the position of women participation and their part in small- scale fisheries in Nigeria.

2. To examine the benefits of women participation in small scale fisheries to the homes.

3. To determine whether women participation in small scale fisheries will contribute to bettered livelihood occasion.

Exploration Questions

1. What’s the position of women participation and their part in small- scale fisheries in Nigeria?

2. What are the benefits of women participation in small scale fisheries to the homes?

3. Does women participation in small scale fisheries contribute to bettered livelihood occasion?

Significance Of The Study

The following are the significance of this study

1. Findings from this study will expose the part of women in small- scale fisheries in Nigeria and the benefits from similar part to the ménage and its effect on the enhancement of livelihood openings.

2. This exploration will be a donation to the body of literature in the area of the effect of personality particularity on pupil’s academic performance, thereby constituting the empirical literature for unborn exploration in the subject area

Compass/ Limitations Of The Study

This study will cover the duties of women in the sector of small scale fisheries in Nigeria.

Limitation Of Study

Financial constraint-inadequate fund tends to stymie the effectiveness of the experimenter in sourcing for the applicable accoutrements , literature or information and in the process of data collection( internet, questionnaire and interview).

Time constraint- The experimenter will contemporaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This accordingly will cut down on the time devoted for the exploration work.

References

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Da Cal Seixas Barbosa,S.R. & Begossi,A. 2004. Fisheries, gender and original changes at Itaipu Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil an individual approach. Published by Multi Ciencia. 14 pp.

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Gatke,P. 2008. Women’s participation in community fisheries panels in Cambodia. Roskilde University.( Master’s thesis). 24 pp.

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