Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) monoculture in sapele local government area of delta state, Nigeria: A farm household data analysis

Abstract

This paper examined catfish monoculture in Sapele Local Government of Delta State. Data were collected from 80 catfish farmers using simple random sampling technique. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The result showed that years of experience in catfish culture ranged between 1-10 years with a mean of 4 years which indicated that catfish culture is a relatively new enterprise in the study area. For the regression analysis of socioeconomic variables on output the double log model gave the best fit with the highest R2 value of 90.2 with household size, major occupation and source of capital statistically significance at (P