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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Residents' Perception of Aquaculture Development. The Case of Buguma Fish Farm in Rivers State, Nigeria

Residents' Perception of Aquaculture Development. The Case of Buguma Fish Farm in Rivers State, Nigeria

Ikiriko, Tamunoikuronibo

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Geography

ISBN10: 3346166376
ISBN13: 9783346166371
Publisher: Grin Verlag
Published: May 19 2020
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.36 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Miscellaneous, language: English, abstract: The high rate of urbanisation and population explosion in the world has placed high demand for food especially the demand for fish, which has continued to rise. Aquaculture, therefore, has manifested as a significant means of nutritious food production, income generation and livelihood support in the lives of so many natives around the globe. Buguma community residents who were primarily into traditional fishing to earn a living can hardly go out for fishing because of pipeline vandalism triggered pollution, rape of women fisher folks and criminal activities such as piracy, kidnapping, theft, etc. in the creeks. It is apparent that there is the loss of livelihood in Buguma thus the establishment of the Buguma fish farm as an intervention project. The researcher on this note develops the nexus to investigate the perception of Buguma residents to the Buguma fish farm and its potential to revitalize the livelihood base of the area. Specific objectives of this study are: to assess the level of awareness of the Buguma aquaculture farm and its products by Buguma community residents, ascertain the residents' perceptions of the aquaculture farm project and its activities in terms of positive and negative impacts, identify the benefits enjoyed from the Buguma fish farm by the respondents and appraise the operational successes and challenges of the Buguma fish farm development from 2013-2016. This study was undertaken as a mixed method research with the use of convenience and stratified random sampling of households in 28 streets of Buguma. The research design used was the Triangulation Mixed-Method Design. The number of questionnaires administered to residents' households was 384, while the number returned was 376. Data analysis employed descriptive statistical techniques - bar charts, pie charts, histogram with mode and percentages. In general, the

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