Aquaculture Fish Feeds Specialist at WorldFish

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

About the Project

• WorldFish is implementing the TAAT Aquaculture Compact, financed through a grant from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for this grant to facilitate payments under the contracts for the following individual consultants.

Job Description

• The Consultant will review current practices in fish feed production among fish farmers within the country including challenges and opportunities available; document production scales and feed cost as percentage of total production cost.
• Others are to document the locally available fish feed ingredients and how to source for essential ingredients not readily available to fish feed producers. In addition, design of training manuals in building the capacity of fish feed producers efficiently and effectively.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Aquaculture/Fisheries; Animal Feeds and Nutrition/Animal Science; Agricultural Engineering; Biochemistry or any other related field.
• Performing similar or related role preferably with Private industry, University and or International organization; and have proven experience in fish feed formulation and production.
• Ten (10) years of experience in fish feed production and management.