Survey of feed ingredients was carried out in the six -geopolitical zones to determine the availability, abundance and effectiveness of these ingredients as being considered for incorporation into fish feed for aquaculture production. A total of 516 well-structured questionnaires were administered to 228 ingredients’ producers and 288 ingredients’ sellers in the selected LGAs, urban and rural markets to obtain information on ingredient type, price, production capacity and seasonality over a five-year period (2018 – 2022). It was observed that the ingredients were used in various ways such as animal feeds, industrial use and human consumption. Majority of the ingredients from producers reach the sellers through the market. The form in which the ingredients were sold includes grains amounting to 64%, coarse form 24%, powder 10% and liquid form was 2%. Type of seller operational are small scale (51%), medium scale (41%) and large scale (8%) with 33% having more than 10 years of experience, 40% and 27% of them having experience of 5 to 10 years and less than 5 years respectively. Based on the data collected, cassava can be found all year round. Maize, Beans, Nuts, soybeans and sorghum were reported to be more abundant in dry season, yam was observed to be found all year round but very expensive at the onset of rains till the third quarter of the year. Based on the sellers’ opinion fishmeal is found all year round. It was concluded that there should be intensification of the BSFL production to further reduce price of aquafeeds for increased aquaculture production.

Keywords: Price variability, seasonality, geopolitical zones, production capacity, feed ingredients