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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The State minister for Fisheries has rallied districts within Teso Sub-region to embrace fish farming as a key enterprise venture in the Parish Development Model (PDM).<\/p>\n

Ms Hellen Adoa, who was championing the PDM awareness crusade in Teso on Wednesday, told locals in Ngora District that fish farming attracts good returns.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President has advised farmers to quit rice farming for aquaculture. The district fisheries department should advise locals on digging fish ponds,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Adoa also said the demand for fish products is growing every day in the world market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can only tap into this project, especially the catfish, we shall never go wrong,\u201d Ms Adoa, who is also Woman MP for Serere District, said.<\/p>\n

She cited DR Congo as a huge market for catfish, adding that her ministry has what it takes to aid interested farmer groups on the venture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to work so hard to have role model parishes in Serere with a few enterprise ventures,\u201d Ms Adoa said.<\/p>\n

Mr Paul Bwire Omanyi, a commissioner at the directorate of fisheries, said they are targeting 1.7 million metric tonnes of fish per year, but about 1.5 million metric tonnes should come from fish farming.<\/p>\n

He emphasised the ready markets, especially in DR Congo where a single kilogramme of catfish reportedly goes for Shs35,000.<\/p>\n

Mr Bwire said a mature catfish can earn you over 10 kilogrammes.<\/p>\n

The catfish is a good source of fish maw, which is highly demanding in China.<\/p>\n

Mr Bwire said much of the fish maw, which the USA exports to China comes from catfish. \u201cWe have the resources here in Uganda to be what we want, and this PDM can enable us fetch much returns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In selecting ventures for PDM, Mr Bwire said farmers should be guided.<\/p>\n

He added that to promote the fisheries sector, they need to locally-manufacture fish feeds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a country we are paying heavily for imported feeds, but with time, we shall be able to break that chain when we start manufacturing our own on a large scale,\u201d Mr Bwire said.<\/p>\n

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