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Shrimp farming will ruin Nigeria's environment
The shrimp production method that is employed in...developing countries [where ponds are used to cultivate shrimp, with all the chemicals involved, which are usually injurious to the soil] that has generated public outcry, is about to start here in Nigeria. Spearheaded by Sulalanka, a Srilankan company, Asians are making frantic efforts to start this Shrimp business in Nigeria...[T]his will spell disaster to the nation and soon there may be no land for conventional food cultivation as ponds would be dug, used, abandoned and new ones dug and the process will go on...Potential Harm from Shrimp Farming [:] Human Rights abuses...Loss of livelihood...Lack of food security and malnutrition. Displacement of woman from their traditional livelihoods. [refers to Shell]