A fish farming system which produces tilapia, algae and plants that can be used as both fish feeds and agricultural fertilisers has been established by two West African entrepreneurs.
Funke Olatunde Kechicha is a catfish producer at Imoran Farms and PhD student at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She recently won the Rising Star category at the 2020 Aquaculture Awards and is looking forward to both improving her own production and to he…
Catfish production in Nigeria is hugely popular – with a booming domestic market as well as strong export sales – and currently accounts for over 80 percent of the country’s aquaculture output.
Over a decade ago, Mohammed Kyari regularly fished in Lake Chad – a large and shallow lake whose waters and surrounding territory span parts of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria’s Borno State – until 2009 when the Boko Haram insurgency started to terrorise the…
Obtaining reliable power for changing water is a perennial problem for the fish farmers of the Niger Delta – but for some installing solar-powered pumps is proving a cost-effective solution.
With a flying start from a government programme, unemployed young people in Nigeria’s Delta State are discovering aquaculture offers a great opportunity – both to support themselves and help solve the region’s social issues.
Not content with merely transforming an abandoned fish farm into a thriving catfish-farming cluster, Benedicta Peter-Ugheoke is also an aquaculture trainer and consultant who has helped encourage many female Nigerians to join the sector
How a simple but effective development in smoking technology is helping to reduce fish waste and the use of firewood in the Niger Delta, while simultaneously adding value to farmers’ fish
Lilian Elekwachi, research technician and catfish farmer at the United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Association (UUFFA) in Warri Delta State, Nigeria, believes that improved infrastructure and knowledge are essential for the growth of the country's aquaculture industry…
