Taiwo Mafimisebi

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INTRODUCTIONWomen are more disadvantaged than men in securingformal sector employment opportunitiesLess access to resources and skills tend to confine themlow-investment and low-income informal sector livelihoodactivitiesIncreasing economic and social pressures on women tocontribute more to household income and assetsThis has challenged them to widen or broaden their onfarmand off-farm agricultural activities in a bid to improvelivelihoodThe capacity of smallholder farming and artisanal fishingto provide the major means of survival for the ruralpopulace is fast diminishing in the developing world
INTRODUCTION Women are a great force behind the diversification of incomefetchingactivities They do all sorts of things to assure the household of foodsecurity during off-farm seasons and periods of shocks Two informal sector livelihood activities in which womenpredominate in Nigeria are artisanal fish capture andmarketing of fresh fish Nigeria is blessed with over 14 million hectares of reservoirs,lake, ponds and major rivers capable of producing over980,000 metric tonnes of fish annually (FDF, 2007)
Page 1: Comparative Profitability of WomenD
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 and 26: Contribution of Fisher Folks’ and
Page 27 and 28: CHALLENGES FACED IN LIVELIHOOD ACTI
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