NEED:

Catfish production is a completely vertically integrated business where the producer is not only the processor but also the seller. Small catfish producer in West Alabama have struggle with a low per unit sale price. There was need to add value, access and capture the market for these farm raised catfish.

HOW RBEDP HELPED:

RBEDP together with Alabama Land Grant alliances (ALGA) developed a nich market of smoked catfish which is highly demanded by different ethnic groups especially the ones from West Africa.

RESULTS:

The small-scale smokers were identified, the smoked catfish developed and the market feasibility done.

WHAT NEXT:

RBEDP is now in the process of selecting and training some limited resource farmers to produce smoked catfish for those ethnic markets in Atlanta, Birmingham and other surrounding southern cities.