Rural aquaculture: Assessment of its contribution to household income and farmers' perception in selected districts, Tanzania

Sammanfattning

Rural fish farming is being promoted as a good source of protein and income diversification to fight poverty and inequality. However, its actual contribution to these rural households and local community at large is little known. Through interviews with 89 farmers' and 6 key informants, we examined the contribution of rural fish farming to local farmers' household income and investigate farmers' perceptions, opportunities, and constraints towards fish farming in six districts of Tanzania. Results indicated that fish farming contributed on average 13% to household incomes and that it explained 5% of the variation of the household income while 84% of the variation was due to non-fish sources. The majority (79%) of the farmers wanted to continue with fish farming, 9% planned to quit, and 12% had not decided whether to continue or not. Conclusively, much higher aquaculture contribution towards rural development could be obtained if appropriate measures are taken.

Nyckelord

Fish income; household income contribution; income diversification; perception; rural fish farming; Tanzania

Publicerad i

Aquaculture Economics and Management
2020, Volym: 24, nummer: 4, sidor: 387-405

SLU författare

• Pius Mmanda, Francis

  • Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • University of Dar es Salaam

• Lundh, Torbjörn

  • Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG1 Ingen fattigdom
SDG2 Ingen hunger
SDG10 Minska ojämlikhet


UKÄ forskningsämne

Fisk- och akvakulturforskning
Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1725687

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104329