Traditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-148

  Neiland, Arthur E ^a   Madakan, Sunday P ^b   Béné, Christophe ^c  

^a Porthsmouth Technopole   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^c WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Fisheries; Nigeria; Poverty; Traditional management systems

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13444269171     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2004.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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