Agriculture
L-PRES transfers Ogun livestock quarantine facility to NAQS
By Felicia Imohimi The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has handed over a newly commissioned facility in Ogun to strengthen quarantine…
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Agriculture
Livestock sector can drive Africa’s food security, economic growth – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says Africa’s livestock sector has the potential to become a major driver of food security, industrialisation, employment and sustainable economic growth on the continent.
Agriculture
FG, MAN partner to scale up investment in livestock sector
By Felicia Imohimi The Federal Government says it will collaborate with the Dairy Sub-sector Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to scale-up…
Agriculture
Developing Nigeria’s livestock industry, our priority – Minister
By Kayode Adebiyi The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Maiha, says Nigeria is prioritising the issue of food security and global competitiveness as…
Agriculture
ACF, partners allocate €10m for cross-border livestock development
By Talatu Maiwada Action Against Hunger (ACF), in collaboration with national and regional partners, has committed 10 million euros to implement a cross-border pastoral…
Agriculture
Group targets ₦4bn livestock export value
Sarafina Christopher Mrs Khuraira Musa, the President, Livestock Value Chain for Youth and Women Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, has pledged that the group would…
Agriculture
Niger, AGRA train 1,000 women, youths on livestock production
By Rita Iliya The Niger Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has trained 1,000 youths and women on livestock production to boost animal production…
Defence/Security
Minister wants tractors to replace armoured tanks to boost food security
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Federal Government aims to shift from military equipment to agricultural tools, specifically replacing armoured tanks with tractors and machine guns…
Agriculture
L-PRES engages stakeholders on livestock infrastructure sustainability
By Felicia Imohimi The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has commenced stakeholder engagement towards developing a sustainability plan for livestock infrastructure constructed…
Agriculture
Stakeholders urge investment in fodder, grazing reserves
By Felicia Imohimi Stakeholders in the livestock sector have urged increased investment in pasture development and the revitalisation of grazing reserves. They said this…