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Meet The Farmer: Israel "Dr Fish" Yusuf
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Israel Yusuf, who is also known as "Dr Fish", is a 41-year-old fish farmer, farm reform advocate, agribusiness development consultant and aquaculture service provider in Nigeria.
Women In Aquaculture: Sandra Ndulue
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The founder of the largest catfish farm in Nigeria’s Anambra State reflects on overcoming major financial setbacks, conquering prejudice and her hopes that fish farmers will one day have access to rea...
An Aquaculture Lifeline For Families Fleeing Terrorism In West Africa
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Over a decade ago, Mohammed Kyari regularly fished in Lake Chad – a large and shallow lake whose waters and surrounding territory span parts of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria’s Borno State – until...
How Nigerian Fish Farmers Are Catching The Sun
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When Noel Nduka, chairperson and CEO of Pivot Farms Ltd, established his 40-pond catfish farm two years ago power supply was constant. Siting his business in Ifa-ati, a rural community in Uyo, the cap...
Small Ponds, Big Opportunities
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Emmanuel Agbelogode has just finished feeding 1,200 catfish in one of his earthen ponds at Egbokodo-Itsekiri fish cluster in the Niger Delta. With a smile on his face, he carries a full sack of fish f...
Pooling Knowledge: Practice Ponds Help Spread Success
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Yemi Ogundolire had long held ambitions to become a major catfish farmer and supplier in the Niger Delta. In mid-2016, the 36-year-old ventured into fish farming as a business by establishing eight ca...
Women In Aquaculture: Benedicta Peter-Ugheoke
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Not content with merely transforming an abandoned fish farm into a thriving catfish-farming cluster, Benedicta Peter-Ugheoke is also an aquaculture trainer and consultant who has helped encourage many...
Oven-ready Aquaculture
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Ebuka Mgbakor sits on a wooden bench propped up by bricks, slaughtering and eviscerating catfish, beside his brother, Aboy, who is perched on an empty 15-litre paint bucket. They remove the intestines...