This study was conducted to find out the extent of poverty and the relationship between
poverty line and the socio-economic determinants of poverty among fisher-folks and cropbased
farmers in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality in the Central Region of
Ghana. The population for the study was 260 fisher-folk and crop-based farming households
from which 200 households comprising 100 crop-based farmer households and 100 fisherfolk
households formed the sample size. The simple random sampling technique was used in
selecting the sample size. Data collection was done through documentary analysis,
participatory rural appraisal and self-administered questionnaire with the aid of trained
assistants. Descriptive statistical methods and regression analysis were used in analyzing
data collected. From the results, income, education, health and the number of people in
various occupations accounted for about 46.80 percent of the variances in poverty line. Also,
poverty was found to be more intense among fisher-folk than among crop-based farmer
households in the target communities. Based on the findings, it was recommended that more
poverty alleviation interventions should be directed to fisher-folk than among the crop-based
farmer households. Also more health facilities should be created in the fishing communities
to improve the health status of the fisher-folks so as to improve their health status and thus
empower them to work harder, acquire more income and eventually reduce poverty.