Problem And Prospects Of Small Scale Fish Farmers

Problem And Prospects Of Small Scale Fish Farmers

Table Of Content

Chapter One

Background to the study

Statement of the study

Purpose of the study

Significance of the study

Research questions

Limitations of the study

Chapter Two

Review of affiliated literature

Chapter Three

Exploration design and methodology

Tried area

Sample subject

Exploration instruments

Administration of the questionnaire

Validity and trustability of instrument

Statistical procedure

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

Summary

Conclusion

Recommendation

Suggestion for farther studies

References

Questionnaire

Chapter One

Preface

The story of monoculture in Nigeria is basically the story of catfish culture and the stopgap of fish force in Nigeria hang on its development and culture. Recent trends each over the world, point to a decline in wharf from prisoner fisheries, an index that fish stocks have approached or indeed exceeded the point of maximum sustainable yield. Monoculture thus remains the only feasible volition for adding fish product in order to meet the protein need of the people. Catfishes of the family Claridae comprise the most generally cultivated fishes in Nigeria. The growth of monoculture in Nigeria now is largely being boosted by a steady rise in catfish culture. shy vacuity of seed for sock and feed used to be major problems. Tremendous progress is now being made. The total value of the assiduity moment isUS$ 800 from the value of fingerlings, feed and farmed fish. Since the culture of Clarias gariepinus through hypophysation was initiated in Western Nigeria in 1973, the procedure has been extensively rehearsed throughout Nigeria therefore leading to increase of ranch– raised catfishes from the 80’s to date. The favoured catfish species in Nigeria monoculture include gariepinus, Heterobranchus bidorsalis, Clarias, Heterobranchus mongrel( Heteroclarias) and Clarias, nigrodigitatus. Heterobranchussp. is the more generally dressed fish in the south eastern corridor of Nigeria. African catfish is popular in the request and has great capabilities to boost the fleetly growing Nigerian monoculture.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Fish husbandry has not been completely explored as a strategy to reduce poverty situations despite its eventuality to ameliorate livelihoods in pastoral communities. Low productivity, prohibitive establishment costs, high ranch– position losses and hamstrung marketing frequently pose a problem.

The low position of productivity results from lack of applicable product knowledge and chops, sour sock and/ or overstocking, poor fish population control styles and shy feeding due to expensive feeds.

Complications arise from high capital conditions for establishing a fish ranch, especially for excavation, sock of fingerlings and installation of defensive chain link. The losses at ranch– position arise from bloodsuckers similar as snakes, cover lizards and catcalls, and from indecorous harvesting andpost-harvest ways. Inefficient marketing results from a lack of growers capability to integrate product and marketing conditioning.

It’s thus imperative that youth and growers are supported to initiate fish husbandry using the fish ranch approach through provision of incipiency fingerlings and other specialized inputs for developing business plans.
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ideal OF THE STUDY

To promote fish- husbandry in Nigeria and contribute to increased ménage inflows
To grease the development of fish ranch design into a ultramodern fish ranch design in Edo State.
To punctuate the problem associated with small scale fish ranch in Oredo.
Make some recommendation on how these problems could be answered so that fish product could be more profitable.
To give a introductory for unborn exploration on this content and will also be useful to scholars who have interest in small scale flesh business.

Significance Of The Study

On completion of this study. It’s contemplated that the exploration finding would help in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
The defense of the study would be seen from the point of view of the fact that the exploration finding would help in advising and comforting of people hoping to take flesh ranch husbandry either as a small scale or full scale business adventure.
It’ll also serve as reference accoutrements for farther finding it’ll also be useful to government in relating areas where fish growers in the original government area or the academy fish ranch can be supported in order to increase product.
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The compass of this exploration work only covers growers in Oredo Local Government Area.

Limitation Of The Study

The exploration examine small scale diligence these where some of the problems which affects small scale fish diligence, include;

shy capital.
Area of study limitation.
Problems of complaint and sponger.
shy extension services.
shy feeds and the condition attached to the entitlement of loans small scale fish growers.