Plateau State A Gold Mine For Fish Farmers.
Plateau state which is located as one of the North Central states of Nigeria. Blessed with tourist attractions, and several natural resources. It is also a hurb for agricultural practices because its climatic condition supports the growth of exotic species of spices, vegetables, crops, flowers etc. Irrespective of the aforementioned potential on the plateau, fish farming is a gold mine for the plateau people because the various climatic conditions readily support the culture/growth of freshwater fishes both warm and cold water species naturally or artificially. Question 1: If the above statement is true, why are most catfish farmers not been able to make profit? You need an understanding of the climatic condition and the required water temperature needed for uptimum productivity. #Cat fish are categorized as warm water spices, which requires 26-32 degree Centigrade for uptimum production (enhance growth/feed convention to flesh). That is why people in warmer environm...