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Table 8 Summary statement of Nile perch fishers’ livelihood improvement.

From: Sustainable livelihood alternatives among Nile perch (Lates niloticus) fishers in Lake Victoria Tanzania: analytical hierarchy process (AHP) approach

Strategic criteria

Sub-criteria

Local priority

Global priority

Alternatives

A

B

C

Global priority

Livelihood diversification income-generating activities

Fisheries co-management policies

Promotion of aquaculture

Environment

Sustainable environmental practices in the lakes

0.6370

0.3252

0.5815

0.1024

0.3090

0.1891

0.0356

0.1005

Coping effectively with environmental vulnerability

0.1047

0.0534

0.7172

0.1947

0.0881

0.0383

0.0104

0.0047

Governance and lakes management

0.25822

0.1318

0.1865

0.6870

0.1265

  

0.0245

0.0905

0.0167

  

∑ = 1.0000

∑ = 0.5105

   

Economic

Employment creation

0.2789

0.0518

0.2789

0.6491

0.0719

0.0145

0.0336

0.0037

Affordable credit access

0.0719

0.0133

0.2797

0.6270

0.0936

0.0037

0.0083

0.0013

Infrastructural development

0.6491

0.1205

0.2377

0.6072

0.1551

  

0.0286

0.0732

0.0187

  

∑ = 1.0000

∑ = 0.1857

   

Social

Household food security

0.2385

0.0226

0.4286

0.4286

0.1428

0.0097

0.0097

0.0032

Education/training

 

0.6250

0.0592

0.2684

0.6144

 

0.0159

0.0364

Laws and regulations

0.1365

0.0129

0.7088

0.1786

0.1125

0.0091

0.0023

0.0015

  

∑ = 1.0000

∑ = 0.1857

   

Technology

Improved flexible and diverse fishing practices

0.6000

0.1254

0.6694

0.0879

0.2426

0.0840

0.0110

0.0304

Research and development

0.2000

0.0418

0.5584

0.3196

0.1220

0.0233

0.0134

0.0051

Innovations

0.2000

0.0418

0.1396

0.3325

0.5278

0.0058

0.0139

0.0221

  

∑ = 1.0000

∑ = 0.2090

   
   

∑∑ = 1.0000

0.4465

0.3383

0.2148