Assessment of the training needs of artisanal fishers’ in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State Nigeria
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2017-06-20
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The Nigerian Journal of Rural Extension and Developmen, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract
The study examined the training needs of artisanal fishers’ in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State
Nigeria. All the artisanal fishers at Oloko fishing settlement in Asa local Government Area of Kwara state were
selected for the study. Data were collected with the use of interview schedule and analysed using frequency,
percentage and mean. Results show that mean age of the fishers was 37.4 years, all the respondents were
married, 85.7 % had no formal education, the mean years of experience was 20.8 and the average monthly
income was ?31, 571 naira. The areas of training needs identified in this study were canoe/boat safety
navigation measures (10.6), Fish marketing/ distribution (10. 21), canoe handling and maintenance (9.15),
Construction of cast and gill net (8.9), use of cast and gill net (8.8). The major occupational health hazards of
the respondents were back/general body pain (4.7), chest pain (4.6), boat capsizing/ water accident (3.9), minor
cuts and scrapes (3.6) and exposure to sunburn during work (3.2). The study recommended that government
should provide agricultural extension workers and health officers to educate artisanal fishers on the identified
areas of training needs.
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