Catfish farming can serve as the main effort to increase family income. Economically catfish farming is very profitable. Catfish farming is not difficult and can be done by farmers who do not usually cultivate freshwater fish. The right family member is empowered to improve the family economy through the cultivation of catfish is the farmer's wife. Farmer’s wives in Limau Gadang Nagari tend not to improve the family economy, they play the role of taking care of children, doing housework and sometimes delivering food to the fields. The farmer’s wife activity is only fullfilling the wife's obligation to husband in married life. Farmers' wives are economically unproductive in improving the family economy. How to research, selected 20 poor farmer's wife then trained to make pellets. Pellet made from raw trash fish, quail feces, fine bran and cassava. The pellet formulation is made of 4 kinds. Each formulation produces a quality pellet. Based on laboratory test produced pellet contains very good nutrition for enlargement catfish. The nutritional range of protein is 21% -35% and fat is 17% -22%. Based on test of enlargement in experimental pond, obtained the best pellet result influence to weight of catfish is pellet with 40% trash fish formula, 35% quail feces, 15% fine bran, and 10% cassava. The goal to be achieved in this research is for the wife of farmers can contribute to improve the family economy. Specific targets to be achieved in this study is the wife of skilled farmers cultivate catfish, Nagari Limau Gadang population increases their living standards and TNKS in Nagari Limau Gadang free from the pressure of the population

Objective: To assess the knowledge and practices of breastfeeding among female healthcare workers in Osun State.

Study design: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study

Methods: It was carried out among female healthcare workers working in public health facilities. Eligibility criterion was mothers nursing children ≤ 24 months old and 160 respondents were recruited. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data about their knowledge and recent breastfeeding practices. Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21 was used to analyse data. Chi-square and logistics regression were used to compute associated factors and predictors of knowledge of breastfeeding practices with level of statistical significance set at p<0.05

Results: Response rate was 99.4% (159), 124 (78.0%) were in the age group 26-35 with mean age 31.6±4.96 years. The majority [105 (66.0%)] were nurses. One hundred (63%) respondents had good knowledge about breastfeeding, 108 (67.9%) practiced exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and 40 (25.2%) breastfed their babies for 2 years. Commonest reason given by those who did not practice exclusive breastfeeding was work [40 (78.4%)].More respondents in the younger age group (66.7% of ≤25years and 67.7% of 26–35years) significantly (p=0.018) had better knowledge about

 reastfeeding than the older age groups (43.5% of 36–45years and 0.0% of ≥46 years). Predictor of having good knowledge about breastfeeding was age ≤ 25 years compared to those aged ≥ 46 years (CI 0.00-2.11; p=0.046), and the predictor of practicing exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was having good knowledge about breastfeeding practices (CI 8.09-53.43; p<0.0001)

Conclusion: This study concluded that good knowledge of the healthcare workers about breastfeeding positively influences their practice of

exclusive breastfeeding