Yusuf Oladimeji

Poverty Determinants Among Artisanal Fishing Households in Nigeria Yusuf Oladimeji

The determinant of poverty is a potent and formidable organ towards millennium development goals which aim to half the poverty level by 2015. The current global economic meltdown has had its devastating turn on Nigeria as a nation, biting hard on organizations, businesses, families and homes. The frantic search for alternative resource of national revenue aside oil has become imperative for economic emancipation of the lots of Nigerians. Agriculture including fishery offers an unexploited succor capable of salvaging the people from hunger and poverty. Creating renewed awareness and practice of fishing in the rural setting would go a long way in eradicating global economic challenges.