 Fish in food systems in Nigeria: A reviewB. Bradley, K.A. Byrd, M. Atkins, S.I. Isa, S.L. Akintola, K.A. Fakoya, H. Ene-Obong and S.H. Thilsted in Monographs from The WorldFish Center Abstract: In Nigeria, like many coastal developing countries, fish is an important source of food for the population, which is currently estimated at 186 million people. A recent study estimated that Nigeria ranks third globally for the number of people dependent on coastal fisheries for food and nutrition security, and the demand for fish is growing, alongside growth in population and incomes. However, household fish consumption in Nigeria is low compared with the world’s average. Increased fish production and consumption may contribute to alleviating food and nutrition insecurity. The objective of this review is to better understand the role of fish throughout the food system in Nigeria, identify opportunities to implement nutrition-sensitive research, policy and interventions, and initiate programmatic partnerships for maximizing the fisheries sector’s contribution to nutrition. Keywords: food systems; Fish; Food security; fish consumption; processing fishery products; post harvest losses; Fisheries; Governance; policies; Nutrition; Value chains; Aquaculture; Research; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wfi:wfbook:40859 Access Statistics for this book More books in Monographs from The WorldFish Center Contact information at EDIRC. |
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