Inland fisheries in Nigerian economy: issues and challenges
The Nigerian economic development process has suffered from dearth of holistic approaches and misprioritization of programmes and projects, which lead to the realization of partial and unsustainable growth of other important sectors and sub sectors of the economy potentials for economic emancipation. The contributions of fisheries to the economic growth in terms of food security, employment, income and GDP have not been well recognized. The sector has been ignored for long prior to the recent NEPAD summit (which implementation is yet to take proper shape). Fisheries are still undeveloped and fisher folks are today amongst the poorest in Nigeria. The present paper reviews the Nigerian economic situation, the role of fisheries in the economy, issues, challenges and opportunities with the view to fostering growth of the sector and national economic development.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Fisheries Society of Nigeria
2007
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, Nigeria, freshwater environment, Fishery development, Fishery management, Fishery policy, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37741 |
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