Member Profile
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Membership type: full
Kafayat Fakoya
Country of origin: Nigeria Currently in: Nigeria, Lagos General field of specialization: Other-
Degrees
2015 Doctorate Other2001 Master Agricultural Sciences1996 Undergraduate Other -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
1. Small - Scale Fisheries governance 2. Fisheries Biology
Publications resulting from Research:
Peer-reviewed Journals
Fakoya, K.A., Anetekhai, M.A. and Saba, A.O. (2019). Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Gorean snapper, Lutjanus goreensis (Valenciennes, 1830) in the Coastal Zone of Lagos, South-West Nigeria. The Zoologist. 17 : 20-25
Fakoya, K.A. and Akintola, S.L.(2019). Linking Fish to Food and Nutrition Security: SWOT Analysis of Traditional Fish Processing in Nigeria. Fishery Technology 56(4) : 292 – 297.
Fakoya, K.A. and Anetekhai, M.A. (2019). Macroscopic gonad staging and reproductive seasonality in the Gorean
snapper, Lutjanus goreensis a gonochoristic West African lutjanid. West African Journal of Applied Ecology 27(1) : 1 – 22.
Akintola, S.L., Fakoya, K.A. and Joseph, O.O. (2017). Applying the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines in Nigeria: Status and Strategies for Badagry Coastal and Creek Fisheries. In: Jentoft, S., Chuenpagdee, R., Barragán-Paladines, M.J. and Franz, N. (eds.) The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Global Implementation. MARE Publication Series 14. Springer, pp.635-656.
Akintola, S.L. and Fakoya, K.A. (2016). Governance and Social-Institutional Arrangement of Small-Scale Fisheries and Relationship with Non-Fishery Users in Badagry Creek, Lagos State, Nigeria, Chapter in E-book: Inter-Sectoral Governance of Inland Fisheries. Available :http://toobigtoignore.net/wpcontent/uploads/2016/08/final-Akintola-and-Fakoya.pdf
Fakoya, K.A., Anetekhai, M. A., Akintola, S. L., Saba, A, O. and Abass, M. A.
2015). Life-stages, exploitation status and habitat use of Lutjanus goreensis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in coastal marine environments of Lagos, SW Nigeria. International Journal of Tropical Biology 63 (1): 199-212
Yusuf, K.A., Ezechukwu, L.N., Fakoya, K.., Akintola, S.L., Agboola, J.I. and Omoleye, T.O. (2015). Influence of fish smoking methods on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons content and possible risks to human health. African Journal of Food Science 9 (3): 126-135.
Fakoya, K.A., Owodeinde, F.G, Akintola, S.L., Adewolu, M.A, Abass, M.A and Ndimele, P.E. (2011). An Exposition on Potential Seaweed Resources for Exploitation, Culture and Utilization in West Africa: A case study of Nigeria. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 6(1): 37-47.
Abass, M.A., Kumolu-Johnson, C.A. and Fakoya, K.A. (2010). A bio- technical assessment of the artisanal purse seine fishery at Orimedu coastal village in Lagos State. Nigerian Journal of Fisheries 7 (1 & 2): 109-116.
Adewolu, M. A., Akintola, S. L., Jimoh, A. A., Owodeinde, F. G., Whenu, O. O. and Fakoya, K. A. (2009). Environmental threats to the development of aquaculture in Lagos State, Nigeria. European Journal of Scientific Research. 34:337 - 347.
Fakoya, K.A ., Sokefun, O.B., Owodeinde, F. G., Akintola, S.L. and Adewolu, M.A. (2009). Emerging research priorities for the aquaculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa - a case study of Nigeria. Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation - International Journal of the Bioflux Society 2(4):407-424.
Akintola, S.L., Kumolu-Johnson, C.A., Fakoya, K.A., Owodeinde, F.G., Aderinola, O.J. and Anetekhai, M.A. (2007). An exposition on the market mix strategies in the fisheries sector of Nigeria - A case study of Lagos State. Journal of Research in Agriculture and Policies. 2 (4): 68-72.
Jimoh, A.A., K.A. Fakoya, A.M. Hammed, A.O. Amosu and C.A. Kumolu-Johnson (2005). Meristics and morphometrics in the African river prawn, Macrobrachium vollenhoveni (Herklots, 1857) from Ologe Lagoon, Southwest Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research Studies 1: 12-18.
• Book chapters
Akintola, S.L., Fakoya, K.A. and Joseph, O.O. (2017). Applying the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines in Nigeria: Status and Strategies for Badagry Coastal and Creek Fisheries. In: Jentoft, S., Chuenpagdee, R., Barragán-Paladines, M.J. and Franz, N. (eds.) The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Global Implementation. MARE Publication Series 14. Springer, pp.635-656.
Akintola, S.L. and Fakoya, K.A. (2016). Governance and Social-Institutional Arrangement of Small-Scale Fisheries and Relationship with Non-Fishery Users in Badagry Creek, Lagos State, Nigeria, Chapter in E-book: Inter-Sectoral Governance of Inland Fisheries. Available :http://toobigtoignore.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/final-Akintola-and-Fakoya.pdf
Fakoya, K.A. (2015). Strategic prioritization for sustainable fisheries production in Nigeria. In: An Agendum for National Development. One-Day 2015 National Summit Colloquium. Centre for Human Security Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library. pp.585-608.
• Technical reports
Bradley, B., Byrd, K., Atkins, M., Ene-Obong, H., Fakoya, K., Akintola, S., Isa, S. and Thilsted, S. (in press) The Potential of Fish in Nigeria: Food System Recommendations to Improve the Food and Nutrition Security of Vulnerable Populations. WorldFish
Sall, A., Akintola, S.L., Fakoya, K., Francis, J., Gideon, R., Ginindza. J., Hamidu, U.M., Mannarino, C., Moepi, M.H., Ngotho, D.M., Nicholaus, R.B., & Muhl, E-K. (2019). TD Africa Training Workshop: Transdisciplinarity in Fisheries & Ocean Sustainability. Too Big To Ignore Research Report, number R-01/2019, St. John's, NL, Canada, 28 pp.
• Other Publications
Fakoya, K.A. and Akintola, S.L. (June 2019). Fear of Flight. In Nigeria, waterfront communities, whose livelihoods are predominantly dependent on fishing and related activities, live under constant fear of eviction. Samudra Report 81 p.13-15
Fakoya, K.A. (2015). Growth, feeding and gonadal stages in Lutjanus goreensis (Pisces:
Lutjanidae) in the estuarine and marine waters of Lagos, Nigeria. Ph. D. Thesis. Department of
Fisheries, Lagos State University, Nigeria.
• Presentations and Conference Papers
Bradley, B., Byrd, K., Atkins, M., Ene-Obong, H., Fakoya, K., Akintola, S., Isa, S. and Thilsted, S. The Potential of Fish in Nigeria: Food System Recommendations to Improve the Food and Nutrition Security of Vulnerable Populations. Paper presented at the tenth international People and the Sea conference of the Centre for Maritime Research (MARE): learning from the past, imagining the future, June 24-28 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Fakoya, K.A. (2018). Sargassum impacts on West Africa: Senegal to Nigeria. Paper presented at the 2nd Sargassum Symposium organized by the Subregional Office for the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Barbados in association with the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CEMERES), University of the West Indies. Paper Presented: Sargassum impacts on West Africa: Senegal to Nigeria, 21-22 November 2018.
Fakoya, K.A. and Akintola, S.L. (2018). Diagnosis of opportunities and barriers to co-management of small-scale fisheries in Nigeria: The case of Badagry and Epe Lagoons. Proceedings 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress October 22-26, 2018, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Fakoya, K.A. and Areola, F.O. (2018). Evaluation of women fisherfolks in Nigeria in the
implementation of gender equitable Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines. Paper presented at the 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF7) Bangkok, Thailand. 18-21 October
Fakoya, K.A. and Akintola, S.L. (2018). A contextual analysis of small-scale fisheries governance in Nigeria: building on challenges and opportunities for sustainability. Paper presented at the Nineteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade: Adapting to a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities. Seattle, WA, USA. Compiled by Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 2019. https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/conference_proceedings_or_journals/2f75rf235?locale=en
Fakoya, K.A., Abass, M.A., Owodeinde, F.G., Lawson, E.O. and Ojo, F.R. (2010): A preliminary study of diet in the juvenile gorean snapper, Lutjanus goreensis(Valenciennes, 1830) from Five Cowrie Creek, Lagos, Nigeria. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON). pp. 223-227.
Fakoya, K.A., Owodeinde, F.G., Jimoh, A.A. and Akintola, S.L. (2004): An overview of the challenges and prospects in developing an aquaculture industry in Lagos State, Nigeria. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), pp. 500-510.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingI teach and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Workshop and Conference Attended
November 21- 24, 2017 Kochi, Kerala, India 11th Indian Forum for Aquaculture and FisheriesAffiliations
Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries Society, https://genderaquafish.org/gaf-section/about-us/executive-committee/ TooInternational Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET)International Association for Women in the Seafood IndustryNigerian Women in Agricultural Research for Development (NiWARD).Presentation given
November 21- 24, 2017LINKING FISH TO FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY: SWOT ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL FISH PROCESSING PRACTICES IN NIGERIAKochi, Kerala, IndiaEvent: Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries in India (GAF-India) Special Symposium at the 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum2018A contextual analysis of small-scale fisheries governance in Nigeria: building on challenges and opportunities for sustainability.Seattle, WA, USAEvent: Nineteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade: Adapting to a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities2018Diagnosis of opportunities and barriers to co-management of small-scale fisheries in Nigeria: The case of Badagry and Epe LagoonsChiang Mai, ThailandEvent: 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress2018Sargassum impacts on West Africa: Senegal to Nigeria.Event: 2nd Sargassum Symposium organized by the Subregional Office for the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Barbados in association with the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CEMERES),2017Aspect of the population structure and reproductive biology in Penaeus notialis (Perez Farafante, 1969) and Macrobrachium vollenhovenii (Herklots, 1857) from Badagy Creek, Lagos State, NigeriaLASU, Ojo, NigeriaEvent: 5th Lagos State University (LASU) Faculty of Science Conference,2015Enzymes Assay of Juvenile Gorean Snapper (Lutjanus goreensis) from Lagos Lagoon, NigeriaAsaba, Delta State, Nigeria,Event: 30th FISON Annual Conference2010A preliminary study of diet in the juvenile gorean snapper, Lutjanus goreensis(Valenciennes, 1830) from Five Cowrie Creek, Lagos, NigeriaBadagry, Lagos, NigeriaEvent: 25th Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON). -
Other Awards
Sep 2014The Netherlands Fellowship Programm (NFP).Fellowship to participate in short course in Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries: monitoring and evaluation of resource use and fisheries organized by Wageningen Centre for Development and Innovation (CDI), The Netherlands.Jan 2017The Netherlands Fellowship Programm (NFP).Fellowship in short course in Climate change adaptation in food security and natural resource management organized by Wageningen Centre for Development and Innovation (CDI), The Netherlands and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.Jan 2019Travel Grant by The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Memorial University, CanadaAward covers return, economy air ticket to Cape Town, visa application fees to South Africa, local transportation in Cape Town, and accommodation and meals to participate in the “Transdisciplinarity in Fisheries and Ocean Sustainability” Training Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa from 21st – 24th of January 2019.Nov 2018Travel Grant Award by the Travel Award by Subregional Office for the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Award to attend and present paper at the 2nd Sargassum Symposium under the Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector project (CC4Fish) Bridgetown, Barbados, 21-22 November 2018.Oct 2018Travel Grant Award by Too Big To Ignore.Award to attend and participate at the 3rd World Small- Scale Fisheries Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 22-26 October, 2018.Oct 2018Financial Support by Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries SocietyFinancial Support to attend and present a paper at the 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF7), Bangkok, Thailand, 18-21 October, 2018Sep 2024Travel Grant Award by International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET)Award to participate at the pre-conference workshop and present paper at the 2018 IIFET conference in Seattle, Washington, July 16-20 2018.Nov 2017Travel Grant Award by Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section (GAFS) of the Asian Fisheries SocietyAward to attend and present paper at the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries in India (GAF-India) Special Symposium at the 11th Indian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, Kochi, Kerala, India.