chilanfarms:
. #yeah right,its all about suggestion n not antagonism d way femmy came up wiv it n criticing d idea cos 1 of his padi already register an association wic some of us isn't aware of.

komakan:
@Ttalk. U dont need to run if you know your way. Many Farmers are making it in the North and they dont pelletize for 40-50 as u claimed. We have market here.

fzero:

Chai if you can't beat them you join them

Ha Ha ja Ha Ha..... Bros, you bet you join if you can't beat but for your information, I won't try to beat them because they are the guru and I am the novice, however, I don't flow names but mission and vision with purpose and with the clarification (leave all paparazilzi on the thread alone )

Sorry if I disappointed you by not jumping all because you expected ALL to jump, I check night and depth before such jump.

And like the other gentleman said, I don't create padi in business.... I form forces and alliance that will withstand....

Finally, at the end of the day it is about fish farming and smiling to the bank and in an association, I have been reminded that it a "we" decision and not "I"
I remain you humble Novice.

Ttalk:


That is what they charge in popular Feedmill in Abuja [I wont mention the name] but would want to know where i can pelletise between 10-15 in Abuja and its environs.

Thank you

Edited:
The one you referred me to charge 50naira and agree to do it for me at 40naira provided im ready to pelletise minimum of 500kg. Maybe they have different prices for different people. How much do they charge you since you also pelletise there?

Ttalk:


That is what they charge in popular Feedmill in Abuja [I wont mention the name] but would want to know where i can pelletise between 10-15 in Abuja and its environs.

Thank you

Edited:
The one you referred me to charge 50naira and agree to do it for me at 40naira provided im ready to pelletise minimum of 500kg. Maybe they have different prices for different people. How much do they charge you since you also pelletise there?

komakan:
0806 581 5331 innocent. highest #20 per kg

Ttalk:
@Soft777 and Robonski, me i don carry my kaya port sharp, sharp, only be say there seems to be no river not to talk of PORT in this area. On a serious note how are you going to accommodate Abuja people and other parts of the north where fish farming is still at the kindergarten?

Most of us farmers here are suffering in silence because of few monopolising the business. Imagine pelletising here cost as much as 40-50 per kg depending on the type of the feed. With these arrangement how do we get adequate supply of the feed when the people from the South have already taken position?

How do we register?

Again you guys are hot, i mean you re doing great.

Ttalk:
@Soft777 and Robonski, me i don carry my kaya port sharp, sharp, only be say there seems to be no river not to talk of PORT in this area. On a serious note how are you going to accommodate Abuja people and other parts of the north where fish farming is still at the kindergarten?

Most of us farmers here are suffering in silence because of few monopolising the business. Imagine pelletising here cost as much as 40-50 per kg depending on the type of the feed. With these arrangement how do we get adequate supply of the feed when the people from the South have already taken position?

How do we register?

Again you guys are hot, i mean you re doing great.

Fhemmmy:


Chairman, Antagonism you called it? Ask people in any association formed or about to be formed if Fhemmmy has time..... Like I told you, clarification needed has been dealt with in the chamber, so leave all the rest..... I am still the "noviest" of all time.....

robonski15:
These are the names we have suggested so far, lets choose one and move to the next level.

ALLIED FISH FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
PROFESSSIONAL FISH FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA.
Eminent fish farmers association of nigeria
Association of Professional fish farmers of Nigeria (APFFN).
Fish Farmers Union of Nigeria (FFUN).
National Union of Fish Farmers (NUFF).

robonski15:
These are the names we have suggested so far, lets choose one and move to the next level.

ALLIED FISH FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
PROFESSSIONAL FISH FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA.
Eminent fish farmers association of nigeria
Association of Professional fish farmers of Nigeria (APFFN).
Fish Farmers Union of Nigeria (FFUN).
National Union of Fish Farmers (NUFF).

vickychuk:
Whenever @Soft777 and @Robonski15 speaks ,we see charisma at its best....Thank u both and every other guru in the house for your advice's and good motive for fish farmers in Nigeria (Though I'm still aspiring to be one) .

My little contribution on the proposed association to be formed is for us to try and contact the heads of other existing associations. Share this vision with them . Make them see the benefits of coming together, in that way you would reach out to many farmers at a time and grow the network of farmers in the shortest time possible.

On the feed & seed distribution since you are adopting zones/location as basis of distribution their should be a maximum&equal capacity to each zone per month. In so doing it will ensure steady and even circulation.

Above all else I think the said union should emphasize more on price of catfish to take that from the buyers(iya elejas as u call them). This should be the most important factor of forming this group as most of the other benefits some fish farmers may have alternatives to solving their problems.
My humble opinion.

kejes10:
tarpaulin pond 12x12x4 feet. I do flow through 4-6 hours daily and change almost half of water every 3 days, I live in Edo state.

NUVEMBARZINTL:

@Fheemmmy: 10Q for ur contribution. It was well said. But just as I said earlier on the thread:
"I think there's a need to come up with an overall single association that will bear that name; an identity that shows through its name without any explanation wether home or abroad that THIS IS AN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN'S FISH FARMERS.
My people, we don't have such an association for now. Rather, what we have is different people in different locality, registering a name for themselves. For instance, I belonged to GRASSROOT FARMERS ASSOCIATION in PortHarcourt, a registered association but we don't have it in other part of the country.

Now, we are advocating for a body that will shoulder all the responsibilities of all sub-grps. Many of these associations in existence has not and cannot even meet with the government face to face. Pls, my people, we need an overall body. For instance, we have so many workers and trader associations and grps under NLC, same goes for football where all other sub-associations all over the world meets under FIFA. In the same vein, I dnt see the creation of this very association as a threat to the existing ones.

Without slighting any existence association (we are all to achieve an end), but can anyone or any member of such association tell us any benefit or recognition that they've achieved from the govt, feed producing company, ministry of agriculture, Federal Institute of Oceanography and Marine Technology and the rest?

Pls, this move for registration of an association isn't a poower tussle for superiority but a neccesity for us all".

Wiushing you all the very best!!!

Unionised:


Lofty idea!
Great in theory.
But you guys need to do your homework.
Are you the government that you want to form an umbrella body?
What are your antecedents? You track record?
How many years experience?
What is the size and impact of your personal fartms to the Nigerian local economy?
You want an umbrella body, great and fine, but who knows you in the society?
No insult intended. Just an eye-opener and reality check on what this entails.

Sorry, who is or will be the chairman of the association?
Does Nigeria know him or her?
What is his clout in the general scheme of things?

Oh! Lest I forget the most important question of all!
IS THERE NO UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION ALREADY??
The state Agric bodies nko?
Or the Federal?
What are they? PARACHUTE? abi dem be CANOPY?

Now let's come back to the GRASSROOTS...
So you expect the other 'private' associations to just fall in line and join this new "MESSIAHish" association?
Because you have all the solutions?

Let's wake up please and stop all these Merry go round that leads us no where.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK WELL.

Your idea is not new, just ask other associations. ITS IN THEIR CONSTITUTIONS too!!!

Let me advise you guys, Go for a 6-month internship at the STATE AND FEDERAL ASSOCIATIONS. Then come back and tell us the way forward.

For now, THERE ARE TOO MANY HOLES IN YOUR "IDEA".

Unless if, of course, your true purpose of forming the association is hidden from we the minions.

There's always a conspiracy theory somewhere.

I'm out.

fzero:

Pemanently stay out. Mind you it's a revolution that is about to take place not some government chairman association filled with tribalistic elements.I don't wanna say much, Keep looking from a distance.

Unionised:


Spoken like a kid.

I'm here to criticize.

Helps to keep you on your toes.

fzero:

O now I know. Keep criticizing people that has vision while you wallow away. Why not criticize robonski or soft.

Unionised:


Don't take it personal.

My talk is directed at the BRAINS BEHIND THE IDEA.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK WELL.

The VISON needs modification.

Don't build castles in the air.

Simple.

You can pass the message along to the stakeholders.

Unionised:


Lofty idea!
Great in theory.
But you guys need to do your homework.
Are you the government that you want to form an umbrella body?
What are your antecedents? You track record?
How many years experience?
What is the size and impact of your personal farms to the Nigerian local economy?
You want an umbrella body, great and fine, but who knows you in the society?
No insult intended. Just an eye-opener and reality check on what this entails.

Sorry, who is or will be the chairman of the association?
Does Nigeria know him or her?
What is his clout in the general scheme of things?

Oh! Lest I forget the most important question of all!
IS THERE NO UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION ALREADY??
The state Agric bodies nko?
Or the Federal?
What are they? PARACHUTE? abi dem be CANOPY?

Now let's come back to the GRASSROOTS...
So you expect the other 'private' associations to just fall in line and join this new "MESSIAHish" association?
Because you have all the solutions?

Let's wake up please and stop all these Merry go round that leads us no where.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK WELL.

Your idea is not new, just ask other associations. ITS IN THEIR CONSTITUTIONS too!!!

Let me advise you guys, Go for a 6-month internship at the STATE AND FEDERAL ASSOCIATIONS. Then come back and tell us the way forward.

For now, THERE ARE TOO MANY HOLES IN YOUR "IDEA".

Unless if, of course, your true purpose of forming the association is hidden from we the minions.

There's always a conspiracy theory somewhere.

I'm out.