AQUATIC PRODUCTS PRESERVATION AND MARKETING SKILLS REQUIRED IN FARM ENTERPRISE FOR FOOD SECURITY

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the aquatic products preservation and marketing skills required in farm enterprise for food security. The study had two specific objectives, two research questions and tested two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey design. The population of the study was 921 from which 184 through purposive sampling technique was used in sampling 20% of the entire population. A 34-item researcher - made questionnaire was used for data collection. It was face validated by 2 experts in the Department of Agricultural Education at the University of Uyo, Uyo and 2 fish farmers. A reliability co-efficient of 0.80 was obtained using Cronbach alpha technique. The data obtained were coded and manipulated using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while the two hypotheses were tested using One-way ANOVA at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that skill in aquatic products preservation and marketing, where required by Akwa Ibom state youths in farm enterprise for food security. Based on the findings it was recommended that the identified skills should be package into a training and retraining programme for Akwa Ibom State youths, to encourage them to become successful in fish farming enterprise for food security.