Assessing the contribution of fisheries activities to poverty reduction in Namasagali fishing village, Kamuli district.

Abstract

The study was conducted on assessing fisheries activities as a tool of poverty reduction in Namasagali Fishing Village, Namasagali sub-county, Kamuli District. This study was conducted in about two weeks and a total number of 52 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed. A questionnaire was used as tool of data collection which was backed up by observation of the study area and use of the phone to take some photos in the study area. The objectives of the study included assessing the present income value that fisheries activities contribute to participating households, identifying five major challenges that constrain income generation from fisheries activities among participating individuals in Namasagali Fishing Village and finding out five major strategies that can be adopted to enhance the contribution of fisheries activities to house hold income in NFV. The results showed that fisheries activities are the major economic activities that generate house hold income to the participating households and the five major challenges that constrained income generation from fisheries activities among participating individuals were poor fishing methods, poor fish handling, poor enforcement, low fish markets and poor climatic conditions and major strategies that were adopted to enhance the contribution of fisheries activities to house hold income in NFV were; use of better preservation methods, supporting government interventions, adhering to fisheries regulations and training of the UPDF soldiers and it was therefore recommended that the local leaders in conjunction with the government to advise the participants in the fisheries activities on how to productively invest their money appropriately to curb poverty and it was therefore recommended that local governments together local leaders should advise the participants in Fisheries Activities on how to productively invest wisely with appropriate saving strategies to curb poverty.