Key Achievements with Measurable Impacts

1. Developed Technologies and Ready for Transfer
   1. Hybrid fish development, male Heterobranchus longifilis and female Clarias anguillaris that attained over 2kg within 10 months in concrete and earthen ponds were developed.
   2. Impact on agriculture and overall economic development: Increase fish supply from fish farming due to high fish yield and provision of employment opportunities
2. Production of Zooplankton (Moina) as natural fish feed for fish larvae and fry.
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development:
   Replaces imported Artemia thereby conserving foreign exchange
   More fry develop and survival into fingerlings as seed for fish farmers towards increasing supply of fish to the market.
   Crust of Moina dormant cell distributed to hatchery operators in Nigeria. Request for this technology is on the increase from neighbouring countries.
3. Kainji Solar Tent: Dries1 ton of fish in less than 18 hours.
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Dried fish comparable to stock fish. Highly flavoured and could be stored for long periods. Affordable for household use by both artisanal and fish farmers.
   Reduces post-harvest losses.
4. Smoking Kilns: Improved local traditional (Banda) kiln.
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Efficient with 3½  - 6½ hours production time.
   Conserves 42% - 65% fuel wood thereby discouraging afforestation
5. Fish Feed production
   Developed several high quality categories of artificial feeds of various protein and energy levels for fingerling, juvenile, growers, and broodstock at cost efficient and value added.
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Reduce importation of imported artificial fish feed thereby saving foreign exchange and lowering cost of input on feeds in aquaculture
6. Fish farming practices
   Developed several hand on skill practices in pond construction, hatchery management, broodstock selection, water quality management, fish feed formulation, and fish disease control and hygiene
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Increase in number of fish farms in Nigeria, enhanced overall fish farming business, employment opportunities and livelihood activities of both city and rural dwellers.
7. Mechanical Boom for control of water hyacinth
   The institute has developed the technology for mechanical boom construction with integration of community-based approach to aquatic weed control. The technology has reduced the menace of water hyacinth of Lake Kainji and prevented the spread of water hyacinth downstream the River Niger.
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Prevented the almost collapse of fisheries of Lake Kainji and River Niger due to water hyacinth infestation control.
8. Training of Middle level manpower
   As part of institute mandate the two colleges for the training of middle level man power has successfully promoted food security and human health through improving competency and capacity of the fishery sub-sector of the economy. Annually the schools trained over 50 fisheries officers in both short and long term courses.
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Enhanced capacity in middle level manpower of the fisheries sub-sector.
9. Student industrial attachment
   The institute hosts over 120 students annually for 2 to 12 weeks industrial attachment for undergraduates, from Universities of Agriculture, and Universities of Technology, Colleges of Agriculture, and graduate students for M.Sc and Ph.D practical field experiences
   Impact on agriculture and overall economic development
   Enhanced professionalism of undergraduate and graduate training programme of the fisheries sub-sector.