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Below is a preview of THE FARM CEO newspaper for this week (Issue No. 13)

Here are the headlines, reviews – and links – for this week’s featured news items:

[URL] The Transport of Live Fish: A Review P.1

[PDF] Catering Services and the Poultry Industry Value Chain in the Niger Delta P.2

[URL] Poultry (Chicken) Farming In Nigeria: The Nature of the Egg Market P.2

[PDF] Profitability analysis of small-scale catfish farming in Kaduna State, Nigeria. P.3

[URL] Catfish Farmers Discussion Forum Nigeria P.3

Below: Screenshot of the cover for Issue No. 13 of THE FARM CEO (Monday 31st August 2015)

If you’re involved in the business of fish farming, you most likely know that transporting live fish can rarely be done successfully without proper know-how. So many things can go wrong if it’s not done right.

My first experience of the potential hazards associated with live fish was when I apprenticed with Muyiwa Adediran (aka The Fish Man™) on his Belewo Specialized Fish Rearing farm at Abesan Estate in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos back in 2002.

For about 6 months, I learned by working as a farm hand – often – on weekends, caring for the stocks of catfish and ornamental fish bred on the farm.

Every now and then Muyiwa had to arrange for live fish (both kinds) to be transported to different parts of the country. It was NEVER a process he took lightly, as the dangers of DOA (Dead On Arrival) batches always threatened.

He had told me stories about the days when he exported indigenous ornamental fish (collected from key location) to countries in Europe and Asia, and how he gained valuable experience in preparing and packaging live fish to go on such “journeys”.

Done wrongly, it could mean the end of an exporter’s lucrative investment – and also a loss of confidence on the part of his/her international buyers…

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