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The Acting Director, Federal Department of Animal Husbandry Services, Dr John Toyin Taiwo, on Thursday said that currently, agriculture contributes 24.18 per cent to the nation’s economy while the livestock subsector accounts for 12 per cent. Dr Taiwo disclosed this during consultative stakeholders’ meeting of the Vet-Gov Pilot Project in collaboration with the African Union […]
Loremm Integrated Farms, one of the large poultry farms at the outskirts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is just about 10 months old but the investment is huge. Its first batch of birds came in August last year – they are five months old and egg production has begun in earnest with 60% […]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has said probably more than any other disease affecting both livestock and people, Trypanosomosis threatens human and livestock health and agricultural production and, thereby, rural development and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. In a statement to Leadership,it states that the disease, transmitted mainly by tsetse flies, is prevalent in […]
Dr Isa Salihu, Adamawa Commissioner for Livestock Development, confirmed that the state government in collaboration with the Federal Government aims to vaccinate about four million cattle. Salihu, who made this known in an interview in Yola on Monday,said the development follows the outbreak of contagious ‘Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)’ disease late last year in some cattle’s […]
Stakeholders including academia, research experts, financial institutions, soil scientists and credit providers on Wednesday held a Stakeholders Consultative Meeting to improve the livelihood of farmers in the country. The meeting, which was organised by Nigeria Soil Health Consortium (South) in conjunction with Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), […]
Chicken consumers in Asaba on Sunday expressed displeasure over the hike in charges for processing the commodity by butchers. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Abraka Market revealed that the price for processing one chicken had gone up from N100 to N200. Mrs Cynthia Uchenna, a resident, said that […]
An egg market analyst says the global outbreaks of avian influenza could give US egg producers a much needed price boost. Brian Moscogiuri with Urner Barry says when the US lost 11 percent of its egg production other countries stepped in to fill that market opportunity. “We actually saw the European market benefit with prices […]
Ogun State civil servants are to be allocated land for agricultural purposes. Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, stated this while speaking to reporters during the visit of the Presidential Task Force on Agricultural Commodities and Production led by Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Dakingari. Amosun said the government took the decision as a way to improve food production, […]
A scientist with the University of Saskatchewan says the provision of environmental enrichment has the potential to improve both the health and productivity of the pig, writes Bruce Cochrane. Canada’s revised Pig Code of Practice requires producers to start to consider the provision of environmental enrichment. Dr Yolande Seddon, an Assistant Professor in Swine Behavior […]
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were honored by the Ogun State Government for their work on agricultural transformation in the state and Africa. The state Governor, Senator Ibukunle Amosun presented plaques of honor to the three institutions during a courtesy visit […]
FG Allays Fear Of Possible Famine In The Country; Puts Mechanisms In Place To Achieve Food Security The Federal Government has allayed the fear in some quarters that the country would experience famine in 2017, assuring of sufficient mechanisms to achieve food security in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh […]
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 […]
Hog markets have dropped to unprofitable levels for many producers this fall. “This is a challenging time for agriculture and especially for our producers,” says Jan Archer, National Pork Board (NPB) president and a pork producer from Goldsboro, North Carolina. “Our goal is to help producers during this time and provide consumers with a great […]
East Africa faces a growing deficit of animal feed owing to increased production of livestock products and urbanisation Growing populations and incomes continue to drive livestock demand, which could grow as high as 50 percent in certain cities, particularly in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam and Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa. However, this has led to a […]
Analyst: Cattle Producers Should Stay On Alert A recent recovery in cattle prices (as of this writing, a rally close to $10.00 above recent lows) has many in the cattle industry breathing a sigh of relief. Yet, one has to acknowledge that the supply of cattle continues to remain large. In spite of good export […]