Friday, February 17, 2012

500,000 jobs in aquaculture targeted by Lagos

The Lagos State Government is targeting 500,000 jobs in the fisheries sector in the next five years. This will be actualised through aquaculture, an area the government intends to increase fish production to one million metric tonnes within the same period. Mr Fashola, who spoke through the Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said the state has done a lot to make the agric transformation agenda a success.

He said "the state has built a three-ton per hour rice milling plant to boost local rice production and increase the lands available for cultivation from 30 to 250 hectares". He said the government is planning to increase it to 1000 hectares. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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