High feed cost, poor financing threaten fish production — FG

The Federal Government has identified high feed costs, inadequate access to quality fish seed and broodstock, poor financing, and weak fish-health systems as major challenges limiting fish production in Nigeria. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while inaugurating the Technical Committee on Accelerating Fish Production in Nigeria. Oyetola said the challenges had contributed to a significant gap between domestic fish production and national demand, with implications for food security, household incomes, and foreign exchange. He also identified post-harvest losses, inadequate cold-chain and storage infrastructure, gaps in research and innovation, weak data systems, inadequate standards and traceability, and poor market development as constraints to the sector.

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