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Publié par | gottfried_wilhelm_leibniz_universitat_hannover |
Publié le | 01 janvier 2010 |
Nombre de lectures | 31 |
Langue | English |
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ASSESSING VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY IN FISHERY
DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES IN CAMEROON
Von der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades
Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
‐ Doctor rerum politicarum –
genehmigte Dissertation
von
Dipl.‐Ökonom Rudolf Witt
geboren am 25.10.1977 in Tokmak, Kirgisistan
2009ii
Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel
Institut für Entwicklungs‐ und Agrarökonomik
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Grote
Institut für Umweltökonomik und Welthandel
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Tag der Promotion: 22.12.2009
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PREAMBLE
This thesis has been produced within the framework of a larger research project entitled
“Food Security and Poverty Alleviation through Improved Valuation and Governance of
River Fisheries in Africa”, which has been implemented in two major river basins in Sub
Saharan Africa: the Lake Chad Basin and the Zambezi River Basin (including five
countries: Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zambia and Malawi). The project was initiated and
coordinated by the WorldFish Center (Cairo), with Dr. Christophe Béné as leading
scientist, and the financial support of BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic
Collaboration and Development).
Alongside with the University of Cape Town, IDDRA and the NARS (National
Agricultural Research Systems) from the respective countries, the Institute of
Development and Agricultural Economics at the Leibniz University of Hanover was
responsible to conduct empirical and methodological research in the Lake Chad Basin
(Nigeria and Cameroon).
This study has been implemented under the direct supervision of Prof. Dr. Hermann
Waibel, and in close collaboration with Dr. M. Baba and Dr. E. Belal (MINEPIA, Yaoundé)
as well as Dr. S. Bouba (MINEPIA, Maroua) from Cameroon.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank a number of people, to whom I feel greatly indebted for their
invaluable support during the various stages of this study.
First of all, I express my deep and sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel, my
supervisor and “doctoral father”. From the very first stages of my studies he awakened
and sustained my interest in development economics issues, and his continuous support
and advice were very motivating and inspiring. The completion of this dissertation is
above all owing to his technical and personal assistance during all stages of this research
project.
I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Ulrike Grote for her readiness to act as a second
referee despite the short time frame.
Many thanks are due to the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) for the financial support of this project, as well as to Dr. Christophe
Béné from the WorldFish Center, who successfully and effectively coordinated the whole
research project.
The implementation of the empirical research in Cameroon would not have been possible
without the unhesitating and continuous support by the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries
and Animal Industries (MINEPIA). I am particularly grateful to Dr. Malloum Baba and
Dr. Emma Belal for their resoluteness to ensure the success of the field work in the Logone
floodplain, for their support in administrative matters, for their valuable mentoring, as
well as for financial and logistical support throughout the course of the study. I am also
thankful to Dr. Samuel Bouba for being an important contact person and collaborator at
the provincial delegation of MINEPIA in Maroua.
My stay in Maroua was also tremendously facilitated and enriched by the generous help
of Christel and Martin Pusch from the European Baptist Mission. They not only hosted
me during the time that I spent in the Far‐North Province, but also took vivid interest in v
my studies and actively supported me by procuring meteorological data without which
some analyses in this thesis would not have been possible.
I would like to thank all my colleagues at the Institute of Development and Agricultural
Economics, most notably my faithful colleague Levison Chiwaula, for many fruitful
discussions and close collaboration during the project.
Finally, I would like to thank my parents, my sister, my brother and his family, and my
wife, Mareike, for all their unconditional love, encouragement and support. Very often,
they were indeed a “safety‐net”, significantly contributing to a reduction in emotional and
financial vulnerability during my PhD journey.
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ZUSAMMENFASSUNG
Es wird gemeinhin angenommen, dass die Kleinfischerei für das Auskommen von
Millionen Menschen in der Welt eine fundamental wichtige Rolle spielt. Vor allem in
Entwicklungsländern werden der Kleinfischerei vielfältige Funktionen zugeschrieben,
wie zum Beispiel, dass sie einen signifikanten Beitrag zur Wohlfahrt ländlicher
Bevölkerungsgruppen leiste, Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten biete, und die Ernährungs‐
sicherheit in vielen ländlichen Gebieten verbessere, weil Fisch eine wichtige Quelle
tier