Recognizing the importance of fish
to food security and it's nutritional value, is one of the preoccupations of
the Livestock and Fisheries Development Project (a baby project of MIDENO)
headed by Mbipeh Pius Sirdiki. However, promoting fish farming or aquaculture which
should be done to maintain or sustain the farms, given the challenges that both
fisheries and aquaculture are face in terms of sustainability and governance is
what the project is trying to put in place. Notwithstanding, experts say the
solution is the development of sustainable aquaculture, that generates less
pollution, generates jobs, and ensure food self-sufficiency. Prospects are high
that Donga Mantung should regain its past glories by developing the aquaculture
sector.
This is so following the donation of
support equipment to fish farming groups of Nkambe central sub division. Grouped under a cooperative, one of the leaders Mbunkur Julius expressed thanks to LIFIDEP for the timely support that will go along way to boost fish farming in Nkambe. With this support Julius says prospects are high that farmers will be able to mitigate the phenomenon of climate change given that some water sources have dried off. The abusive cultivation of eucalyptus trees in
wetlands is also one of the major factors. A similar exercise is expected in
Nkambe, Ndu, Nwa and Ako to enable fish farmers establish more fish farms that
could sustain their families.
The population’s appetite for fish
is steadily growing. Carps and tilapia currently make what is mostly available
in majority of farms.
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