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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Inland fisheries, poverty, and rural livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin
Journal of Asian and African Studies, Volume 38, No. 1, Year 2003
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The objective of this paper is to describe the livelihoods of the rural populations of the Lake Chad Basin area (Sub-Saharan Africa), and in particular to assess the role of inland fishing activity in these livelihoods. For this purpose, a combination of activity and wealth ranking exercises was carried out in 64 villages of the Basin, completed by a series of comparative analyses of the ethnic composition, accessibility to fishing grounds and fishing gear ownership across the different socioeconomic strata of the populations. The analysis shows that for the entire area, households, irrespective of their wealth levels, still rely to a very large extent on subsistence-based economy where the three major activities (fishing, farming, and herding) are closely integrated. With respect to fishing activity the survey demonstrates the central role of this activity (in terms of income, labor, and food supply) for all wealth groups. But the analysis also reveals that there is no one-to-one relationship between the contribution of fishing activity and the wealth (or poverty) level of the households. In particular the analysis suggests that well-known adages such as "the fishermen are the poorest of the poor" or "the fishery is the activity of last resort" do not reflect the complexity of the real situation. © de Sitter Publications.
Authors & Co-Authors
Béné, Christophe
United Kingdom, Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
Malaysia, Bayan Lepas
Worldfish
Neiland, Arthur E.
United Kingdom, Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
Jolley, T.
United Kingdom, Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
Ovie, Solomon I.
Nigeria, Niger State
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research
Sule, O.
Nigeria, Niger State
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research
Ladu, B. M.B.
Nigeria, Niger State
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research
Mindjimba, K.
Cameroon, Region
Ministry of Livestock
Belal, E.
Cameroon, Region
Ministry of Livestock
Tiotsop, F.
Cameroon, Region
Ministry of Livestock
Baba, M.
Cameroon, Region
Ministry of Livestock
Dara, L.
Chad
Ministry of Environment and Water Direction of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Zakara, A.
Chad, N'djamena
Lake Chad Basin Commission
Quensiere, Jacques
Senegal, Dakar
Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 78
Authors: 13
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/002190960303800102
ISSN:
00219096
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Chad