Assessment of capital assets and utilization amongst artisanal fishers in Tatabu fishing community

Sustainable development in Tatabu fishing community can hardly be attained without a systematic socio-economic consideration of the productive activities and development needs of the people. Generally two important factors play a great role in rural livelihoods; the prevailing structures and processes and access to assets, which can be combined in a various ways to generate positive outcomes. In essence poverty and the opportunity to escape from it depends on all the above. The assets comprise of human, natural, social, physical and financial. The present study (emperically analyzed their strength, linkages and the effects of policy and structures on them, particularly as it translates to the socio-economic well-being of the fishers.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Tafida, A.A., Ayanda, J.O.
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Fisheries Society of Nigeria 2007
Subjects:	Fisheries, Sociology, Nigeria, Tatabu L., Livelihood, freshwater environment, Artisanal fishing, Investments, Financial resources, Fishery economics, Labour,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37791
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