Ngozi Margaret Oguguah
Nigeria 2014
Ngozi Margaret Oguguah developed an interest in fish as an undergraduate. “I grew up in a village with no rivers, streams, or sea. I picked an aquaculture project on fish anesthetics, because I liked the way the lecturer taught it,” she says. She does not regret her choice, despite difficulties finding a job when she first graduated, and has made a career out of it.
Fish is the cheapest animal protein in Nigeria, and I wanted to interest farmers in aquaculture so they can improve the health of their households and increase their incomes by selling the extra fish.
Field of Research
Fisherfolk have to find other work, but they have no other skills. I want to teach them craft work so they can survive these times.

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