FINGERLINGS PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA

The need for good quality
Catfish fingerlings continues to
increase in Nigeria especially in
the regions that are just
catching the ‘catfish fever’
with catfish pepper soup joints springing up in many
metropolitan cities and the fish
acquiring a status symbol, there
is a challenge to hatchery
operators to continue supplying
good quality fingerlings. The south western region of the
country seems to be in the lead
in this enterprise. For example
over 80% of the fingerlings used
in Abuja and Kaduna are from
the South West especially Lagos and Ibadan! The catfish farming industry is
here to stay in Nigeria. The
production figures are
increasing, necessitating a
corresponding increase along
the value chain. With an extremely short gestation
period of 4 weeks, low capital
and low space requirements and
very high rate of return on
investment; catfish fingerlings
production remains an agro- enterprise of choice for a
discerning investor. The greatest value of this
venture is the high fecundity of
the catfish! One fish producing
over 10,000 fries and it is easy
to produce hundreds of
thousands of fries with the adequate facilities. The
fingerlings are sold at cheap rate
to farmers who use them for
grow-out operations.CALL 08032861326 FOR CONSULTANC.

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