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Determinants of livelihood strategies of fishing households in the volta Basin, Ghana

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  • F. K. Y. Amevenku
  • R. K. Asravor
  • J. K. M. Kuwornu

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The main objective of this study is to identify livelihood strategies of fishing households in response to prevalent vulnerabilities they face within the Volta Basin. Questionnaires were administered to fishery households in the Basin using the multistage sampling technique. A non-hierarchical k-means cluster analysis partitioned the households into four livelihood strategies on which the multinomial logit regression was performed. These four identified strategies are fishery only, fishery and farming, fishery and non-farm, and fishery, non-farming and farming. The results from the multinomial logit regression revealed that marital status of head of household, number of months of food shortage experienced by a household per year, access to credit, access to extension services, distance to regular markets and district capital as well as experience in fishery were the major determinants of livelihood strategies. Implications for policy include the need for public extension services and training to invigorate fishery households’ income. As majority of the fishery households combined fishing and non-fishing strategies, livelihood intervention programmes should prioritize improvement of the non-fishing activities and lead to opening other opportunities for rural development. This will take pressure off the fish stock by facilitating the regeneration of fish stock.

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  • F. K. Y. Amevenku & R. K. Asravor & J. K. M. Kuwornu, 2019. "Determinants of livelihood strategies of fishing households in the volta Basin, Ghana," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 1595291-159, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:7:y:2019:i:1:p:1595291
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2019.1595291
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    1. Zhonghao Wang, 2023. "Do Livelihood Strategies Influence Post-Epidemic Business Performance? Investigation of Social Capital and Environmental Perception," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-12, March.
    2. Ho, Tien D. N. & Tsusaka, Takuji W. & Kuwornu, John K. M. & Datta, Avishek & Nguyen, Loc T., 2021. "Determinants of climate adaptation by smallholder rice producers: livelihood diversification in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam," 2021 ASAE 10th International Conference (Virtual), January 11-13, Beijing, China 329401, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE).
    3. Iddrisu Amadu & Frederick Ato Armah & Denis Worlanyo Aheto, 2021. "Assessing Livelihood Resilience of Artisanal Fisherfolk to the Decline in Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Julius Uti Nchor, 2023. "Livelihood Strategies and Their Determinants among Informal Households in Calabar, Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-20, February.
    5. Sarah Appiah & Theodore O. Antwi-Asare & F. K. Agyire-Tettey & Emmanuel Abbey & John K. M. Kuwornu & Steven Cole & Sloans K. Chimatiro, 2021. "Livelihood Vulnerabilities Among Women in Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(6), pages 1596-1624, December.

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