ultrazone: Why Nigerian Fish Farmers Fail in Fish Farming.

1. No Market: Bad fish farmers start looking for a market for their fish when the fish are ready for sale. Meanwhile, because they are still feeding, the pond attains its maximum loading and fish stop growing. The longer the fish stay in the pond after they have stopped growing, the smaller the profit margin.

Santi222:
very stupid comment. What does Poor technical knowledge and inability to properly manage a business have to do with Nigeria's present status as a State? If you are lazy, will GEJ come to feed your fish for you? What does PDP and CPC have to do with poor pond construction and improper marketing techniques? Dont give stupid excuses. Take advice.

@obstead200,let me try to answer yr question,d answer is how much technology do we put into what we do?some ponds are so deep that they forget d fishes will use some of d food it could hav use to grow,as energy in d pond.let me not go far,lets ask ourselves zartech,chi are more reknown?why?because they use improve breeds & tech,in 5-6Wks broilers is ready in zartech,what of north?they say hausa tomato,hausa that,there is nothing of such,they used improve seeds,at least i worked 1Year in (karda)kebbi

obstead200:
You are missing the point. I don't really care about the technology if it does not achhieve cost reduction and better mkt aacceptability. Can zartech sell it's produce in such a way that retailers can afford to resell at N800 per kilo? that is the question

with reference to d earlier post,do u say because u produce cheaper,now sell below market rate,No,zartech & more farms get their broilers to market in 5-6Wks,by d grace of God i can do that in 7-8Wks,now will someone getting to market in 10-12Wks compete favorable,d answer is same as above,d foreign countries hav d tech,d knowhow,d genetic improved breeds,lets not bundle ourselves,[b]lets go make research & safe cost.[/b]God Bless

obstead200:
Now u have said what I want to hear; especally wwith reference to making research and saving cost. U see, I hv great interest in going into poultry and fishfarming in future. I'v even secured a land for dat purpose. But I'm so concerned about obtaining the know-how to achieve cost reduction to the extent of competing favorably with imported products.

excelsiorfarm: with humility,i missed no point,technology reduces cost of prodn,d initial outlay might look much,but it cheaper at longrun,use aerator in yr fishfarm,u get to market size early even when spending same cost as others

akonucheinfo:



pls whats aerator? what is it used 4?

booqee: Thanks op. Nice write up. Yeah fish farming requires a lot experience and hardwork.
I remember once when the fishes in my dad's farm were sick, we kept giving them food and introducing salt into the water, but they just kept dying the more. It was not until later b4 we knew it was 'overfeeding' dat caused their sickness. Anyway OTC was the saviour. But by then we had lost close to a thousand fishes

pat077: na inside plastic tank i dey rear my own,and it's 4 domestic consumption so ur advice are nt dat important 2 me 4 now. I may consider ur advice when i'm ready 2 go commercial.

obstead200:
Lemme say something
I do not believe that their is no market for fish farming. Rather I feel what we need is to do indepth research into ways of producing fish dat would be cheaper or at least at par with imported fish, withouT reducing quality.
The same goes for poultry. Have u ever wondered why a kilo of imported chicked sells for just N800 at retail price? Can we produce chicken right now that can sell for same rate per kilo without incurring heavy losses?
The question we should be aasking is "how do the foreign countries do it?" " Can't we do the same?"