AgroWatch

Good News for Poultry Farmers In Stock, make your orders now:   1. AUTOMATIC DRINKERS    2. AUTOMATIC INJECTORS   3. DE-BAKING MACHINES (New and used   4. Battery cages for Quail, Grass cutters and birds (Imported and fabricated)   5. VACCINES All IZOVAC brands (Lasota , Gumboro , Fowlpox , DHLPP, ND oil, Fowl Cholera, ND + EDS ( 2 in 1 ), ND+ IBD + EDS ( 3 in 1), EDS single, E coli, Salmonella) Delivery Nationwide. 08093006245, 0816177680

NATIONAL FISHERY RESOURCES, A FACT SHEET Total land area of Nigeria is 923,768sq km out of which 910,768 is land and 13000 is water. Inlandwater mass constitutes about 15 million hectares including natural land manmade lakes, rivers and reservoirs. The potential of fish farming in Nigeria is estimated at 5 million metric tons. New partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has recognized fisheries as a key instrument for increasing productivity, ensuring food security and improving market access for rural dwellers and strengthening Africans performance in global markets. Aquaculture Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants in order to increase for production. The need for aquaculture Growing populationy of the world Search for new protein sources Demand for low fat food Over fishing Pollution Fish domestication By domestication, we mean the transfer of an organism from its natural habitat to a captive en...

The contributions of fisheries to the Nation's economy are significant in terms of : 1. Employment 2. Income generation 3. Poverty alleviation 4. Foreign exchange earnings 5. Provisions of raw materials for animal feed industry, etc.  It is estimated that over 2 million Nigerians are actively engaged in primary and secondary fisheries operations such as fisher folks, fish farmers, fish processers, marketers, operators, on board industrial fishing fleet, terminal/jetties operators, industrial fishing fleet, net-makers, etc. the fisheries sub-sectors is estimated to have a value of N143.33 billion contributing 3-4 % to the GDP. Given Nigeria vast capacity for fish production, especially from aquaculture, this could be doubled in ten years to include more than a million tons of fish export. Fisheries also occupy a significant position in the primary sector, providing direct employment for over a million people and contributing about 50% of the animal protein intake of the o...