U.S. Ambassador Visits USAID Supported Aquaculture Projects in Oyo State
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On February 2, 2012, the United States Ambassador Terence McCulley visited USAID’s Bridge to Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (BtM2) agribusiness partner, Azemor Agribiz in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Azemor Fish Farm is an integrated production and processing facility which produces higher quality catfish and raises small farmers’ incomes by teaching them how produce smoked fish.
The facility has nine indoor nursery tanks and concrete tanks, producing 300,000 fingerlings per batch, amounting to about 2.4 million fingerlings annually. If all the ponds were utilized, it is capable of producing over 500,000 fingerlings per batch. The farm also has 20 outdoor concrete tanks and 22 earthen ponds of various sizes, of which 11 are currently in use. By sharing its expertise with other Nigerian farmers, Azemor has become a model and center for replicating modern fish production techniques in Nigeria.
