Adoption of fish farming practices by women in Lagos State
The involvement of women in aquaculture in Lagos State was studied. One hundred and fifty copies of the questionnaire were administered to women fish farmers, randomly selected from three local government areas of Lagos state. These were Ojo, Ibeju Lekki and Epe local government areas of Lagos State. The study revealed that 52% of the women adopted concrete pond system, 24% adopted dug-out or earthen pond system, 10% fibre glass tanks and 14% adopted Water Recirculatory/Flow-through system of fish farming. Other fish farming technologies that were included in this study were: stocking rates, feeding regimes and feed types, water quality management, general management of the farm, security, harvesting and marketing. These are the fish farming technologies that have been disseminated by the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research to women fish farmers. An average of 2 metric tonnes of fish per annum was calculated for each woman fish farmer in Lagos State. The bio-data of the women studied showed that fish farming can be practised by every woman, irrespective of age, educational standard, location, religion, finacial status and culture, as long as there is a good source of water supply).
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Fisheries Society of Nigeria
2007
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| Subjects: | Aquaculture, Nigeria, Lagos State, freshwater environment, Fish culture, Women, Pond culture, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37801 |
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