ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN AKURE SOUTH AND OWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

• <p>                   <b>TABLE OF CONTENTS</b></p><p> <b></b>Title Page………………………………………………………………………………....i&nbsp;</p><p>Declaration……………………………………………………………………………....ii&nbsp;</p><p>Certification………………………………………………………………………...…...iii&nbsp;</p><p>Dedication……………………………………………………………………………….iv&nbsp;</p><p>Acknowledgements..…………………………………………………………………….v&nbsp;</p><p>Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………….....vi&nbsp;</p><p>List of Tables………………………………………………………………………….....x&nbsp;</p><p>List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………...xi&nbsp;</p><p>Appendix…………...…………………………………………………………………..xii</p><p>&nbsp;Abstract………………………………………………………………………………..xiii&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

• ………………………………………………………………………..1&nbsp;</p><p>INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….1&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.1Background to the study……………………………………………………………..1&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.2Problem Statement…………………………………………………………………...3&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.3Objectives of the Study………………………………………………………………6&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.4Justification of the Study…………………………………………………………….6&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.5Test of Hypothesis…………………………………………………………………...8 <br></p><p>

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• ……………………………………………………………………….9&nbsp;</p><p>LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………………………..9&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.1World Aquaculture and Capture Production………………………………………...9&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.2Fish Farming and Food Security…………………………………………………...12&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 2.1Nutritional benefits of fish………………………………………………………..14&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.3Role of Fish farming in Achieving Millennium Development Goals……………...16&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.4Fish Culture Systems……………………………………………………………….20&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 4.1Economic consideration in fish culture systems……………………………….....21&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 4.2Design consideration in fish culture system……………………………………...22&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 4.3Fish culture management…………………………………………………………25&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.5Species of Fish and Selection………………………………………………………26&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.6Overview of Fish Production in Nigeria……………………………………………27 <br></p><p>
• 2.7Problems militating against Fish Farming in Nigeria………………………………29&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.8Poverty Profile of Nigeria………………………………………………………......30&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 8.1Poverty reduction strategies in Nigeria…………………………………………..31&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.9Theoretical Framework……………………………………………………………..32&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 9.1Tobit regression model…………………………………………………………...32&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 9.2Profitability measurement………………………………………………………...33&nbsp;</p><p>2.9.
• 2.1Net farm income analysis………………………………………………………33&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 9.3Poverty measurement…………………………………………………………….33&nbsp;</p><p>2.9.
• 3.1Estimating poverty line through expenditure approach…………………………33&nbsp;</p><p>2.9.
• 3.2Weighted poverty index………………………………………………………...34&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• …………………………………………………………………...36&nbsp;</p><p>METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………………………..36&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.1Description of the Study Area……………………………………………………...36&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.2Sample Size and Sampling Technique…………………………………………......38&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.3Method of Data Collection…………………………………………………………38 <br></p><p>
• 3.4Analytical Techniques……………………………………………………………...38&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.1Descriptive statistics……………………………………………………………...39&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.2Tobit regression model…………………………………………………………...39&nbsp;</p><p>3.4.
• 2.1Operational measurement of variables…………………………………………40&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.3Net farm income analysis………………………………………………...............42&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.4Estimating poverty line through expenditure approach………………………......43&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.5Weighted poverty index………………………………………………………......43&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.6Z test……………………………………………………………………………...44&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• …………………………………………………………………….45&nbsp;</p><p>RESULTS AND DISCUSSION……………………………………………………......45&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.1Socio-economic Characteristics of Fish Farmers…………………………………..45 <br></p><p> 4.
• 1.1Age of fish farmers…………………………………………………………….....45&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.2Level of education of fish farmers……………………………………………......46&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.3Gender of fish farmers……………………………………………………………46&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.4Family size of fish farmers……………………………………………..…….......47&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.5Years of experience of fish farmers……………………………………................48&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.6Sources of start-up capital of fish farmers……………………………………......48&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.7Nature of involvement in fish farming………………………………...................49</p><p>&nbsp;
• 4.2Species of Fish and Culture Systems……………………………………………….50 4</p><p>.
• 2.1Sources of fingerling and juveniles…………………………................................50&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.2Rearing facilities of fish farmers…………………………………………………51&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.3Sources of water……………………………………………………………….....52&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.3Factors Influencing the Intensity of Fish Farming…………………………….…...53&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.4Profitability Analysis……………………………………………………………….56</p><p>&nbsp;
• 4.5Poverty line among Fish Farmers……………………………...…………………...59&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 5.1Poverty status of fish farmers……………………………………………….........59 <br></p><p>
• 4.6Contribution of Fish farming to Poverty Alleviation………………………………60&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.7Problems facing Fish Farmers…………………………………………...................61&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• ……………………………………………………………………...64&nbsp;</p><p>SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS………………….........64&nbsp;</p><p>
• 5.1Summary……………………………………………………………………………64&nbsp;</p><p>
• 5.2Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….........65&nbsp;</p><p>
• 5.3Contribution to knowledge.……………...………………………………………....65&nbsp;</p><p>
• 5.4Recommendations…………………………………………………….....................66&nbsp;</p><p>References……………………………………………………………….………..........69&nbsp;</p><p>Appendix……………………………………………………………………………….75 <br></p>