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The Federal Government yesterday assured that it would do everything humanly possible to reduce smuggling of poultry products to the barest minimum. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and relevant stakeholders would next week begin a raid of poultry markets across the […]
The police in Adamawa have arrested 200 Cows for invading a farmland at Yolde-Pate in Yola South Local Government Area. Adamawa police spokesman, Othman Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that the incident occurred on Saturday. “In collaboration with the district and village heads in the area and timely intervention of […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), to join the campaign for establishment of ranches in the country. Ortom, represented by the Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, made the appeal while opening the 2017 annual international convention of the association in Makurdi, yesterday. “We […]
Herdsmen on the platform of Confederation of Traditional Stockbreeders Organisations in Africa (CORET), have called on the federal government to create a livestock Ministry, seperate from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to ensure inclusive growth and development of the sector. This according to them will bring the sector out of the […]
The State has auctioned 1,115 head of cattle seized for entering the country in contravention to the laws of the land. The event, conducted by Meripalento Brokers at Mgagao, saw cattle said to have originated from Laitoktok, Kajiado County, in Kenya being auctioned. The sale took place after the government sought an order to that […]
To address the high cost of poultry feeds, the Ogun State government has charged poultry farmers to forge a strong alliance within to check the instability in the price of poultry feeds in the country. The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Modupe Mujota, explained that there is strength in numbers, urging […]
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has restated the readiness of the FCT Administration to combat rabies in the FCT. The Minister this at the flag-off of the free anti-rabies exercise which took place at the FCT veterinary clinic in Nyayna as part of activities marking the 2017 World Rabies Day. […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has promised that the state government will make land available to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for the establishment of pilot ranches in the state. He spoke during a visit by socio-cultural groups from the three major ethnic groups in the state. Ortom stated that the provision of land was […]
Sokoto is noted for booming donkey business with an international border market at Ilela, a depot in the state capital as well as village markets in some of the local government areas. Every Sunday, which is the market day for Ilela, the ‘Kara’ (livestock section) of the international market witnesses booming donkey business activities. The […]
Agriculture was the main source of generating revenue before oil was discovered in Nigeria. Then, the country was into different types of agriculture, ranging from crop farming to peasant farming and plantation agriculture to mention but a few. As soon as oil was discovered, Nigeria abandoned agriculture, and today we are beginning to realise the […]
– Nigeria’s beef supply survives on steady inflow from West Africa – We need to change that narrative There is a saying among politicians that “war is too serious a thing to be left to soldiers.” When I first heard it, I wondered what politicians had to do with war. But, what they were saying […]
• Onboarded 1,156 Farmers, 4,348,640 Birds Off-taken In 3 years • Produces 1,900,000 DOC Weekly The Amo group of companies, through its natnuPreneur broiler outgrower scheme is giving a new lifeline to poultry farmers and others who have abandoned the business to jack up production of high quality and affordable chicken products. The scheme has […]
Stakeholders in the livestock sub-sector has been charged on prioritising standards in production to guarantee earning of foreign exchange. The President, Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), Mr Taiwo Adeoye, gave the charge recently at the the sixth Annual General Meeting with the theme: ‘Sustainable Livestock Production for National Development’ and to mark the 10th […]
Stricter quotas are failing as fishers turn to poaching to make a living. On weekends when the sun is shining and the wind isn’t gale force, the natural amphitheatre of rocks surrounding the Hawston harbour slipway is filled with locals quenching their thirst with beer, braaiing fish and sharing jokes. That was the scene this […]
The Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training (CEDDERT) yesterday said about 85 per cent of cattle in Zamfara, Kaduna and Katsina have been rustled by bandits. At least 65% of livestock in the area has been lost to criminals. Professors Massoud Omar and Mustapha Gwadabe made this known while presenting report of research conducted […]