Roles and functions of households along the inland fisheries value chain in the Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province

Figures & data

Figure 1. Home-made and modern fishing inputs used by fishers.

Table 1. Descriptive results of households in Vhembe District Municipality

Variable	N	Min.	Max.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Age of household head (years)	151	22	89	46	14.23
Household size (actual number)	151	1	14	4	2.36
Total household income (per month in USD)	151	53.09	2498.34	483.58	407.77
Distance to market (km)	151	1	28	12	6.35
Fishing experience (years)	62	2	31	8	5.94
Distance to fishing area (km)	62	0.1	27	5	4.42
Average selling price of fish per kg (USD)	62	0	1.56	0.53	0.32
Average quantity of fish sold per year (actual number)	62	.00	3320.00	131	422.03

Table 2. Role players of inland fisheries and related functions in Vhembe District Municipality

	Role players	Function	%Role players
Pre-harvesting	Input suppliers	Sell inputs to fishers	0
		Loan inputs	100
		Repair inputs	11
		Provide guidelines on how to use the inputs	0
		Deliver inputs to the fishers	0
Post harvesting	Fishers	Catch fish (NPHAF)	100
		Sell raw fish to traders/consumers	60
		Process the fish for selling	5
		Price maker	21
		Price taker	0
		Consume fish	82
		Warehouse	97
		Packaging and transportation	13
		Marketing and distribution	8
	Traders	Purchase fish from fishers	67
		Sell fish to consumers and process fish	100
	Processors	Gut the fish, dry/fry fish, and sell fish to consumers	100
	Consumers	Purchase fish from fishers	19
		Purchase fish from traders	14
		Price takers	1

Note: NPHAF means Not a Post-Harvesting Activity but actual Fishing

Table 3. Description of the role players of inland fisheries value chain based on gender

Role players	%	%
	Male	Female
Input suppliers	100	0
Fishers	92	8
Traders	67	33
Processors	67	33
Consumers	68	32

Figure 2. Map of Vhembe District Municipality.

Figure 3. Value chain map of inland fisheries in the Vhembe District Municipality.

Table 4. Pearson Correlation Coefficient results between gender, age and functions of role players for Vhembe District Municipality

District	Input supplier	Fishers	Trader	Processor	Consumer
Pearson Chi-square (Gender vs functions of role players)
VDM	.274	.994	.871	.678	.0.004***
Pearson Correlation coefficient (Age vs functions of role players)
VDM	.021**(.293)	.150 (−.185)	.183 (.171)	.170 (.176)	.080* (.336)

Note: ***, **, * represent significance level at 1%, 5% and 10%. Values in parentheses are the correlation coefficients)