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Table 7: Share of Respondents’ Earnings Devoted toHousehold ExpenditureCategory of Contribution Share of Plough ShareRespondents to Household the back to of theExpenditure(N)Profit(%)Business(N)profit(%)Fisher folks 2,242,683.61 77.8 639,943.14 22.2Fish marketers 443,037.08 69.2 197,189.92 30.8Source: Survey data, 2012
CHALLENGES FACED IN LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES The major challenges faced by fish hunters includedincreasing cost of canoes, short supply of gears, attack onfishing gears and fisher folks by dangerous animals andpoaching of fish traps For marketers, challenges included high transportation costand losses from perished unsold fish Both groups face lack of access to formal credit Organizing women informal sector operators into groups toenable them access government support and bank creditare recommended for improving women’s livelihood It is concluded that fish capture and fish marketing areprofitable ventures and that earnings realized contribute tohouseholds’ welfare
Page 1 and 2: Comparative Profitability of WomenD
Page 3 and 4: INTRODUCTION Women are a great forc
Page 5 and 6: METHODOLOGYThe study utilized prima
Page 7 and 8: For fisher folks,Y = f (X 1, X 2, X
Page 9 and 10: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Empirical fi
Page 11 and 12: Table 1: Distribution of respondent
Page 13 and 14: Cost Components and Profitability o
Page 15 and 16: TABLE 2: Cost Structure of Fisher f
Page 17 and 18: Table 3: Cost Structure of Fish Mar
Page 19 and 20: Test of SignificanceUsing the Z-sta
Page 21 and 22: Factors Influencing Income from Fis
Page 23 and 24: Table 6: Results of Regression Dete
Page 25: Contribution of Fisher Folks’ and
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