According to the Executive Director of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali, fish farming in Nigeria remained at a low ebb due to poor commitment to maximising its potentialities. Over 35 women and youths from Kogi State underwent intensive one-week training on integrated fish farming. Under the system, poultry, fishery, farm gardening and snails are nurtured together to form an integrated unit. It is achieved through the use of an output of one unit as an input to another unit. The NCAM boss said “the country’s fish production is still below its potential capacity but ironically, the majority of the country’s needs are sourced from abroad.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2019 04:00 UTC