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FG Says Despite 85million Poultry Farmers, Supply Gap Hits 529,000mt

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammed Mahmoud has said that despite having 85 million Nigerians who are into one form of poultry business or the other, the supply gap of poultry meat in Nigeria stood at 529,000 metric tonnes. The Minister, however, noted that studies had shown that Nigeria was the highest annual producer of eggs, adding that the country had the second largest chicken population on the continent. Mahmoud, disclosed this at the inauguration of the cottage poultry processing facility in Dei-Dei livestock market, Abuja. He said the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was further harnessing the potentials in the value chain through the new facility, as poultry production had provided opportunities and raw materials for small, medium and large-scale businesses to thrive. “The FMARD 2019 projection of poultry meat output and demand put the national output at 551,000MT and demand at 1,080,000MT, thus leaving a supply gap of 529,000MT,” Mahmoud stated. He added, “Currently, over 85 million Nigerians are involved in one form of poultry business or the …

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Poultry Production: Buhari Orders Release of 30,000 Tons of Maize

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 30,000 tons of maize from the national reserve to ease the current high cost poultry Production. Buhari, while giving the order reminded that he is not unmindful of the challenge of high food prices at a time when the economy is already in a slowdown caused by the global coronavirus. He therefore assured that as a government, they are doing everything in their power to bring down the prices of food items across the country. “That government is engaging with food producers associations and groups to tackle the issue of exploitative behaviour by middlemen and other actors, he added. The President assured Nigerians that this situation of spiraling food prices will be a transient one.” He stated this when he took to his twitter handle @MBuhari and tweeted thus: “To ease the current high cost of poultry production, I have approved the release of 30,000 tons of maize from the national reserves, to animal feed producers. “We are very mindful of the challenge of high …