Rangeland problems in the Kainji Lake Basin area of Nigeria

1983 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
J.S.O. Ayeni
Keyword(s):  
Lake Basin ◽  
Basin Area ◽  
Kainji Lake

Rangeland Problems of the Kainji Lake Basin Area of Nigeria

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. O. Ayeni
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Agricultural Crop ◽  
River Basin Development ◽  
Generous Support ◽  
Peasant Farmers ◽  
Basin Area ◽  
Kainji Lake

The development of much-needed grazing reserves and pastures in the Kainji Lake Basin area of Nigeria is being initiated by the Kainji Lake Research Institute with generous support from the States' and Federal Governments. However, there is a continuous overlap of interest which results in conflict among land-users such as the nomadic Fulanis, peasant farmers, and wildlife/forestry conservation authorities. Currently the Kainji Lake Basin is a major ‘food basket’ for agricultural crop production in Nigeria. The Basin is also an attractive big-game tourist centre and a traditional source of dry-season water and green grass for the migratory livestock.Suggestions are made for a rational resource-management approach within the Basin, with establishment of rangeland reserves. Regular meetings between the representative of the Niger River Basin Development Authority, Kainji Lake National Park, States' Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the local Governments in the Basin area, should go a long way towards eliminating the sources of conflict.

scholarly journals An assessment of aquaculture table-size fish farmers activities in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria

Agro-Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Omeje ◽  
A.M. Sule ◽  
E.O. Aguihe
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Fish Farms ◽  
Farmed Fish ◽  
Economy Of Scale ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Kainji Lake

The study assessed aquaculture table-size fish farmer’s activities in the Kainji Lake basin, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined aquaculture  activities in the area, assessed market information, channels and support organizations, and identified the major constraints to aquaculture table- size fish farming in the area. A two-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 table-size fish farmers. Primary data were collected with a questionnaire and presented using descriptive statistics. The result shows that majority of the respondents were males (82.1%), with mean age of 36.7 years, 53.8% had tertiary educational qualification while 66.7% had more than six years’ experience in fish farming. Majority (92%) of the table-size fish farmers operate with less than two ponds, 51% practice earthen pond system, while 91% of the farmers engage in the business for the purpose of generating income. Majority (90%) of the farmers sell their farmed fish after six months, 80% of the sales take place at farm-gate level, 80% of the owners of the fish farms are contacted directly by fish buyers. Also, majority (53.8%) of the fish buyers are the middle men who buy and resell to other fish users (processors, consumers, farmers etc). The major constraints to table-size fish farming were inadequate capital (46.2%), poor water management (33.3%), high cost of feed (10.3%) and poor pricing (10.3%). It is therefore recommended that fish farmers should form  strong Farmer Associations to enable them combat the issues of accessing capital and poor pricing. This will aid in business expansion as the farmers will take advantage of economy of scale. Key words: aquaculture, table-size, fish, farmers

scholarly journals Livelihood Strategies and Rural Income: The Case of Fishing Communities in Kainji Lake Basin Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Tafida ◽  
A.A. Adebayo ◽  
M. Galtima ◽  
A. Raji ◽  
M. Jimme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Fishing Communities ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Kainji Lake

scholarly journals Revision of the stygobiont gastropod genera Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930 and Travunijana Grego & Glöer, 2019 (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Moitessieriidae and Hydrobiidae) in Hercegovina and adjacent regions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef GREGO
Keyword(s):  
Shell Morphology ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspots ◽  
Karst Aquifers ◽  
Karst Springs ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Species Radiation ◽  
Basin Area ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Transboundary Aquifers

The genus Plagigeyeria Tomlin, 1930 is one of the most typical elements representing the stygobiont fauna in the southern Dinaric Alps. In the current study I present the territory of Hercegovina (and its adjacent regions of Bjelašnica and the Dalmatian coast containing transboundary aquifers) as one of the two main biodiversity hotspots for distribution of the genus. It is comparable with the species radiation of Plagigeyeria in the Kotor Bay–Skadar Lake Basin area. My study of the karst springs and caves revealed, besides the presently known species, twelve new Plagigeyeria taxa detected in so-far uninvestigated karstic aquifers: Plagigeyeria erossi sp. nov., P. ljutaensis sp. nov., P. konjicensis sp. nov., P. pseudocostellina sp. nov., P. reischuetzorum sp. nov., P. olsavskyi sp. nov., P. listicaensis sp. nov., P. ozimeci sp. nov., P. jakabi sp. nov., P. angyaldorkae sp. nov., P. vriosticaensis sp. nov. and P. lewarnei sp. nov. Closer shell morphology investigation supported by the protoconch morphology revealed a presence of another genus within the former Plagigeyeria complex. The following taxa are transferred herein to Travunijana Glöer & Grego, 2019: Plagigeyeria robusta Schütt, 1959, P. robusta asculpta Schütt, 1972, P. ovalis Kuščer, 1933, P. edlaueri Schütt, 1961, P. klemmi Schütt, 1961, P. nitida Schütt, 1963, P. angelovi Schütt, 1972 and P. tribunicae Schütt, 1963, plus a new species, Travunijana gloeri sp. nov., is described for the genus. Distribution maps of both genera, Plagigeyeria and Travunijana, over the karst aquifers of Hercegovina and adjacent regions are presented with respect to the hydrogeological separation of the known spring karst conduits and aquifers. 

Fisher Folk’s Response to Climate Change in New Bussa and its Environs of Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 312-318
Author(s):  
T. Olowosegun ◽  
A.O. Odunuga ◽  
E.J. Landu ◽  
O.M. Olowosegun
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Kainji Lake
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