... boon for fish farmers, processors

For two days, fishery scientists from three research institutes in the country met in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital few days ago to present what they have developed to renowned fishery stakeholders in the West African sub-region.

The scientists are from the National Institute for Fresh Water Fisheries Research (NIFFR), New Bussa, Niger State; Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), Victoria Island, Lagos and the Nigerian Stored Product Research Institute (NSPRI), Ilorin Kwara State.

The researches have been commissioned by the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP) funded by the World Bank to specifically develop economically effective and cheap technologies that would benefit small-scale and large-scale fish farmers and processors in West Africa.

The developed technologies were in the areas of high performance fingerlings productions, effective feeds, smoking kilns for fish processing and standard packaging materials for fish marketing, to meet international standard.