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Bird Flu Government, Stakeholders Strategise To Combat Disease. This doesn’t appear to be the best of time for poultry farmers, with the array of challenges plaguing the industry.From the soaring price of livestock feeds, which led to drastic drop in the profit margin; low patronage as a result of recession, forcing many to fold up; […]
Making Millions From Snail Farming, Once upon a long time ago, not much was thought of snails and the financial gains that could be derived from breeding them. In those days, it was not uncommon to find Nigerians, young and old alike, going through bushes and wet vegetation, especially at dawn, to find snails for […]
African Veterinary Association, AVA, has charged African governments to support livestock farming and animal rearing to attract the youth and the educated, for socio-economic development. The group gave this charge during its 6th congress themed: “Towards Economic Diversification And Sustainable Development in Africa” hosted by Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) in Enugu recently. African Veterinary […]
According to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), close to 17 percent of the world’s livestock breeds face extinction. Many of these livestock breeds are indigenous, adapted to local conditions with long agricultural and pastoral traditions. Africa alone is home to more than 150 cataloged breeds of cattle. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) […]
A former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Prof Abiodun Adeloye, has urged pig farmers to be at alert for signs of African Swine Fever (ASF) and tighten biosecurity measures. ASF is a contagious viral infection that spreads rapidly among pigs. It is passed to animals through a vicious cycle between soft ticks and […]