Catfish farming in Nigeria can be a bit challenging but it can also be very profitable if you know what you’re doing.

Many of my readers have asked questions on how much to spend on raising certain number of catfishes. These readers want a clear idea of what it takes to go about catfish farming in Nigeria, and this article is written with them in mind. With that said, I can only prepare a viability report on catfish farming based on today’s economic reality in Nigeria. However, I will make my format simple in such a way that you can make use of it once you have data on prevailing market situation on prices of inputs and outputs of catfish production.

The figures and facts used in this article might not represent the economic situation in the next three months. This is due to the fact that prices of goods and services are not stable as a result of uncontrolled rate of inflation, and it is important to keep this in mind to ensure the profitability of your catfish farming efforts in Nigeria.

A thousand pieces of juvenile will be a good figure to work with. Intending and existing farmers can decide on how to raise their fishes to table size of at least one kilogram (1kg). This can be achieved either by feeding your stock with floating all-through or a combination of both floating and sinking feed. Sinking feed can be either ready-made or self-formulated. I believe regular followers of this blog can now formulate to suit the need of their stock per time.