In a bid to further boost fish
production in the state
under the Osun Fisheries
Outgrower Production
Scheme (OFOPS), the state
government through the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food Security has entered
into a collaborative
agreement with Dutch
Company (Dieselexport) on
ways of improving the fish
farming and value addition.
The areas of the
collaborative agreement
include: the production of
quality fish feed,
organisation of capacity
building for farmers,
processing of the fish to
standard for export and
drafting of experts to
remain in Osun.
Receiving members of the
company in his office, the
state Commissioner for
Agriculture and Food
Security, Mr. Wale
Adedoyin, who was
represented by the
Coordinating Director in the
ministry, Dr Bukola Aluko,
said the state is willing to
collaborate with the
company because it always
wants to be a big player in
the fish business.
While explaining that the
present administration of
Ogbeni Raurf Aregbesola is
ready to give them enabling
environment to operate, the
commissioner then
implored them to expedite
action so that the
collaboration will begin as
soon as possible,
explaining that the state
government decided to
collaborate with the Feg
Agro farms because of the
passion of the owner in
fishery production.
In their separate remarks,
the representatives of
Dieselexport International,
Netherlands, Mr. Sadiq
Usman, and Mr. Peter
Roberts both expressed
optimism that the
collaboration with the state
government of Osun will
benefit the state in so many
ways including employment
generation while expressing
delight in what they saw at
Feg Agro farms, Ijeda where
they visited.
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I hope its not the normal catfish. So that it can be packaged and sold like ice fish.