The first value chain study focused on Aquaculture in the Niger Delta – one of the most important growth sectors in the region. The study highlighted the very large growing and unmet demand for fish in the country and the clear opportunities for aquaculture to respond to that demand. Constraints affecting the aquaculture value chain were identified as being the high cost of imported feed, the supply and quality of parent/brood stock and fingerlings, and poor infrastructural facilities within hatcheries and grow-out farms. Market driven pilot programs are currently being developed to target these constraints and increase supply of fish in the region.
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