Management, Challenges and Developments of Aquaculture ... 11However, high cost of feed and lack of access to funds appeared as the critical
ones.
Figure 4. Challenges of abandoned farmers (AF).
Figure 5. Challenges of operational farmers (OF).
Figures 6 and 7 present problems from farmers’ perspective. According to
the figures, poor market availability is a major challenge to aquaculture
development. From the study, 27.9% of farmers abandoned farms due to poor
market conditions, whilst 27.3% of operational farmers indicated that poor
market limits their production capacity. In total, poor market, high cost of
feed, inadequate fingerlings and inadequate funds constitute major reasons for
farm abandonment. Figure 6 shows poor market accessibility, predation, high