An economic study of the production and consumption of fish in Yemen during the period (1996 -2010) | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||||
Article 12, Volume 16, Issue 4, September 2012, Page 1-7 PDF (177.65 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2012.2150 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
El-Hag Nasser1; El-Sagheer Hammod2 | ||||
1Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension-Faculty of Agriculture- University of Sana'a | ||||
2Department of Animal Production-Faculty of Agriculture-University of Sanaa | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Fish is one of the main commodities consisting of style food in coastal areas of Yemen, but it is one of goods which play an important role in the food security of the population in Yemen. With increasing awareness of fish, became favorite in many provinces mountainous interior offshore Yemen, which led to an increase in demand for fish during the period of study and although there is self-sufficiency of the fish, that the average per capita consumption is 6.5 kg only, as the fish is the most important export commodities in Yemen, as the study showed that the annual rate of exports amounted to about 34 thousand tons with a total value of 10 million Ryals annually. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
fish; production; Consumption; Exports; Yemen | ||||
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