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INTRODUCTION
THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES of Nigeria's
Rendel State (formerly Mid-West State) contracted Tiffany Industries Americas
Corporation (a subsidiary of Tiffany Industries, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri)
to develop and manage a large-scale mechanized row crop farm and a commercial
fish farm. Subsequently, the International Center for Aquaculture (ICA) at
Auburn University was subcontracted by Tiffany Indus- tries Americas Corporation
to develop and manage the commercial fish farm component, which became known
as "Aviara Fish Farm" of' Bendel Tiffany Farms." The term of
the contract with ICA was April 1, 1974, to December 31, 1979.
Malcolm C. Johnson, ICA Associate Professor of Fisheries, was
assigned project leader. He, along with specialists in land development and
agriculture, traveled to Nigeria on June 19, 1974, to make preliminary evaluations
of potential sites from which the final farm sites would be selected.
The project leader returned to ICA in July 1974 to outline a
commercial fish production project plan. This included project design, specifications
and sources of commodities, and budget preparation. The planning results are
reported in detail in "Development of a Commercial Fish Farm in Mid-Western
State, Nigeria", a 1975 publication by Johnson. Additional complementary
information may be found in the following internal ICA reports: "Nigerian
Fish Farming Project Report, April 1, 1974, to December 31, 1977," and
"Nigerian Fish Farming Project Report, January 1, 1978, to December 31,
1978." The project leader traveled with family to Nigeria to establish
residence on June 16, 1975.