An overview of the fish issues facing Gwagwalada's fish farmers and traders Nigeria's Abuja

Title : An overview of the fish issues facing Gwagwalada's fish farmers and traders Nigeria's Abuja

Abstract:

Extension Services and International Development, Federal Capital Territory Agricultural Development Program Federal Capital Territory,  Abuja,  Nigeria 

Fish farming is currently one of the agricultural industries with the quickest rate of growth, making Nigeria the continent's second-largest producer of aquaculture. Furthermore, Nigeria leads the world in the production of African bonytongue (Heterotis niloticus) and African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). However, there are a number of disconnections between the fish marketers, sellers, transporters, in the Federal Capital Territory's Gwagwalada areas council. As a result, some of these places have high fish prices, in the markets, from which farmers often receive goods. Furthermore, most feed manufacturers utilize a fish waste, which affects fish availability, pricing, and demand, making it hard for most farmers to meet market demands for fish.

Additionally, there are unidentified and unacknowledged groups of people in charge of the marketing, proce ssing, and sale of various fish products. Based on our analysis of this work, we have found that there is a sig nificant lack of innovative fish drying and transportation methods The entire value chain, in the marketing, preservation, and use of fish products, the lack of farm space, the inadequate power supply, the insecurity, the poor road system, the high cost of feed, the death rate, the contaminated water, the farm workers, and the storage of the fish products in the markets. Our paper therefore recommends solutions to address these issues and calls for research and development on how to approach this and conducted some oral interviews. The results indicate that most of them still think that there are various opportunities related to the value of marketing, transportation, and farming, and that we should investigate and manage them. Whereas the government was now unsure on how to solve the issues with transportation and fish drying in order to increase the productivity of the fish sector. 

Keywords: Fish, Farming, Issues, farmers, Gwagwalada

Biography:

An Agriculturist, Entrepreneurship expert, a freelancer. He worked  as the Chief Agricultural Superintendent in the Federal Capital Territory Administration of Agricultural Developmen Project. Block Supervisors in Kwaita Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory, an Extension’s experts, which offers technical advices on Agriculture to farmers and supplies them with the necessary inputs and services to support agricultural production, dissemination of Agricultural information, new ideas and transfer of Technology being developed by agricultural research stations. Michael graduated from Ahamdu Bello University Zaria, where he obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Farm Management and Extension, having learnt about the Agricultural Economics and Extension, Rural Development, Crop  Protection and research of farming, crop, horticultural Sciences practices and the forest resource’s. He did its Industrial Training at the International Institutes of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan. Among other things is that He is the founder of Michael Adedotun Oke Foundation, Agric- Link Multipurpose Cooperative Society limited , Talent Upgrade Global Concepts and Maofs Writer  Forum and he have established a World Class Barbing Saloon. He has travelled to severe International Countries, being as a resource persons in most of the International conferences.