Abstract
The study focused on strategies for improving women’s participation in fish-
farming enterprises in Abia State. The design was survey. Three research
questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study
was 124 respondents, made up of 42 women in fish farming enterprises and
82 Agricultural Extension Agents. Questionnaire was used for data collection.
It was validated by three experts and tested for reliability using Cronbach
Alpha technique. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to
answer the research questions and t-test statistics to test the null hypotheses.
Findings revealed nine skills for improving the performance of women in fish
farming, nine for easy access to production resources and 12 for protecting
fish farming enterprises. It was recommended among other things, that
Government should use the result to improve women’s education and
improve fish industry.