Nigerian aquaculture: An investment Framework for Improved Incomes, New Jobs, Enhanced Nutritional Outcomes and Positive Economic Returns

Abstract

This document presents a brief overview of the Nigerian market (Section 1), examines the systemic challenges facing the three pillars of a sustainable market as they exist today in the country (Section 2), details several exogenous issues impacting investment in the sector at present (Section 3) and enumerates specific “shovelready” and longer-term investment opportunities available to public and private financiers at both the cluster and SSP levels, as well as the national level, to help the Nigerian aquaculture market reach its full potential (Section 4).