Skip to main content

400 farmers benefit from Growth Enhancement Support scheme in Bauchi




No fewer than 400 fish farmers have benefited from the Aquaculture Value Chain initiative of the Federal Government’s Growth Enhancement Support scheme (GES) in Bauchi.
Alhaji Mohammed Yusuf, the Director of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the state, made this known in an interview on Monday in Bauchi.

Yusuf explained that under the scheme, each farmer received 500 fingerlings free and five bags of feeds at 50 per cent discount.
He said that the gesture was to create enabling environment for sustainable production of more than one million tonnes of fish annually.
According to him, this is to meet the projected annual demand of 2.6 million tonnes of fish in the country.
He said one of the objectives of the initiative was to enhance the local production capacity and turn the country’s from being a net importer of fish and fish products to a net exporter.
“The estimated local fish production in Nigeria currently stands at 600,000 tonnes annually, while importation is estimated at more than 700,000 tonnes.
“However, projected demand for fish in the country stands at about 2.6 million tonnes, which suggest a shortfall of 1.3 million tonnes.
“The Federal Government is, therefore, supporting the farmers to meet this demand such that Nigeria can be self-sufficient in fish production,’’ he said.
The director noted that aquaculture value chain, if well implemented, would generate 500,000 jobs within five years.
(NAN)

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

[FRESH-MUSIC] SK-BOYS “KILLING IT” FT DAVIDO (prod by RUNTOWN) [@officialSKBOYS]

DOWNLOAD Wow now I agree that the SK BOYS are really talented after all the #XPLICIT songs they released last year from #Psquare Personally remix (sexually). #Davido Skelewu remix (cameroon) #Wizkid Caro remix which went viral world wide now they have decided to drop this Hit single this year titled Killing it this is for the #Clubs #Radios #Streets #Parties cos it is a nonstop dance hall trust me u gonna put this on repeat..... #THEY_ARE_STILL_SEARCHING_FOR_A_RECORD_LABEL pls drop ur comments below........

Music: Wemzy - Intoxicated ft Mr Pen

Talented Award Winning Artiste; Wemzy Is Intoxicated By Sexy Ladies With Cocacola Shape 'Figure8' He teams Up with South South Fast Rising Singer Mr PEN; This is Simply Good Music; Rated 18+; Nice Rhythm $ Lyrics; Feel the Vibes ;   He hails from South West, Performed with the likes of Lace,W4, Reminisce and Oriste Femi; Still on his Grind ; he's Going into the industry Fully To take over soon by God's Grace. Kindly Download, listen and Share. Download Wemzy- Intoxicated

Nigerian celebrity children dress in their traditional attire to celebrate independence day

Celeb kids dressed in their traditional attire to school yesterday to celebrate Nigeria's 55th independence anniversary tomorrow. Aliona and Andre Okoye pictured above. See more photos after the cut...