The ftrst farmer was lhe first man, and all hisloric nobility rests on possession and use of land -Ralph Waldo Emenon
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Lagos adopts new technology to transform poultry waste to wealth
NBCC, Indonesia , Taiwan, Korea, others endorse Agrikexpo
... Sensitises potential farmers at Erikorodo Poultry Estate
he Nigerl.n · Brltllh Ch.mben of Commerce Ind other st.keholders In the Induruy are lJiannl.nJ .n evenl with the theme, ·2012 AgrlkeJ:po/PoodbeJ:t exhlbidom." Accordln! 10 the DrJIniHn, this It In Iincl WIth the egend. of the current .dmlnlSUlllon to mile .!rlcultur.1 de~- elopmenl .nd food ,urrtdency tool, for nellonal transformation .nd economic growth They midI" Ih ... mown al I preu conrerence eh.ira! by
IFEOMA IKEJI
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Une wflb the .. IIIC',
c::onunllmefU of nunIn& Wille 10 'Wealth, the
L..arcot Slate aowrnmeu
as inuoduc:ed • new
leChook:IcY lhaI: will IJ1In5bm waste &urn pouIuy fIIrms InIo very nch mlnurt for crop
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The method, aa:ordln& 10 Sa!>. Gbolahan Adebm1e. I poultry fadlllllOr hom Ihe "lie nuninry of agricullure and cooperalives. will not MIy curb the ~ hlurds associated wllh the audo= method of pouIuy walle dlspnMi. but .ao yidd huge InCOme lor !he fannen. Adekunle ,poke In Lap Il!II:efIdy dunn&. wuh the h aIIoctecsdlheSlale ',8(1 Heclatft Poultry ICm E:Pu:, Enkorodo, In ILorodu North Local CouncU I>eYl!Jopmem Area. Ife d/5dOHd thai 1,000 birds produce gooq oC WUle e¥tfy week. lind palmed OUI lhe IW'ed few farmers to know ~ed
in dICit puultries 10 be able 10 ~ IIw: value.
lie nOled Ihlt many pOlllny firms have been forced
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dose down due 10
potlI"erMroomenllllllUDdank. whereas !hey have been IoIIna hUle income due 10 poor mlUlI.emem of the Wille ~ In their farmL 'WIIle from pouluy II .uppou:d 10 be mlnlscd property. What they do ilia pther the waite and tee. Ibem
Nlgerlan. Brlmh Ownber of Couunerce (NOCC) in 1~ I1!Cftltly. Aa:ording 10 Awagu. the event will be Ikpnlsed by 151 Producu Urruted" NHCC andAiQCaptalM~1
llmiled.
on firewhcn theyue drywhich Is IIlX heakhy enough. We ~ going to help !hem manage II propmyw\th I newtechnoAog thIl wiDenabII:!hem b"INIorm the Wtile imo manuu, .,.. it and seD to crop flUllleD.. 1be m.nure produced U: even richer and beaerdlll1lert11a.e(" Ada:unie . - t . &tiler, COOllh.n Llwal, the fllle commiuloner for IlI"lcuhufe, nOted lb.1 the farm eIlIle _ estabIiIIhed to ~mepoulllyproducdon ~lnIheSUle,~
$leidy sources of Inlm.1 protein 10 l~ns. pnJVide employment to the tleeminl popul.tlon of youth, and IIso ~ I Ybble ~
for inve.lOTS. 1.Iwa.1 assured th.t government will pn:Mde necessary inb-uUUcwe and utllidet for the bnntn In dM! tate.1heIeindude · ll0.ooobird cap.clty mech.nlied broiler house, feed mill wtth CIfIKUY 10 produce 12·100 cI feed mill pel' day and I pouIuy
exprehed Ipprecl.tion to guvemment for e.1CJDUlWIinI ~ 01 apiculture In the 1'1.11" throu&h dl!! pouIlf)' farm IChcme 15 well. OIbct flrmlns ,cherne •. Other agricultunJ pro}ects auried
~planlwuh~
~1~dM!AUe~U~
10 proceIIl,.OOO bUds daily
conlullClkln wfth the prime leCtor mclude. 20,000 tons .nnuli capadty rice mill In Imota. 1,000 ..mual capacity t::aS5aVI Row faaory al lmou ,.,..aWed put .. lmoll abiQ, PI breedinB oenue .. the P+J &we In Gbetqpe, Rsh fWm £Male In Ketu Ereyun. Epe and die Vep!UIbIe &tile IlIya.AIIn,
0lun,etan Olulbenla, 1eCreW)', Pooluy AssociItioo
of Nileria, Lalo. br.nch, commended the pwenuneru for the Initiative., IKKinC thaI the new technololY would be environment friendly and IlJ.o Improve farmers' producUv([y, wtille servin! u I modd In the counuy
Adl"kunll" O.hukoyl, • relirre and one cllhe aIIocea,
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Cassava processors berate banks over high rate of interest
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lORIS UMAR MOMOH IV. Proceuor Association of Nigeria (CPAN) has decried the high rail" of Inlerett ch.rted by commerci.1 banlu In Ibe cowury.Robndf.hiciamuaoe., nadon.1 pre,ldenl of the auod.tloq, who m.de the obIeJqdoo. I' the bupection lour 01 e ....v. proceuor pbnu In Benin Ocy r«ently, however, urged the Centnl B.nk of Nigeria (CBN) to prevail 00. commercial banb tn implement ,Inlle dllit lnttrftl me.
EhlpmUlOe, who lauded the FedenJ Cow::mmeru lor takln« the luue or USAva lnWadve serious I I rq.nb the dhectlve that Rout mills U5e up 10 40 percenl aass.va for production, however atmbuted the fallure of Ihe reform durlnl Ob .. lnJo lellme 10 covernmen,'.
T
lhomp600 AWApI. president,
meeunc
the volume: of Wille belna
Zebulon Agomuo
"Por my pllnt' 10 Illfl produC1loo meanlOllully I need belween N70 - N75 miWon.l have invested more than NIOO million on the proJect during: the Obuanjo
AfrIcan exh1b1lk1n specifically
dedlcaled 10 the Ifpicultural and food beverage Industry lhe lmminent threat of foqd Inlecurlty In IUh,Slh.nn Afrle. h .. presented I eh.l1enle to lovernmenll IcrOIl the .ellon end III well melnln! Individuals, indudlnl corpOllte org.nlution.. and we mUll .11 Iherefore rise up to the occ:askIn; he Aid. lit! added, -A!rlkexpo/ Foodbe:a. Is mmirIJ III thisvay .usplcious Ilme. A Kenarlo where 0Y'ef $2 bUUon 11 spenl Innually on food Imporu is clearly unacceptable.. Every .upport mUll be liven 10
youth~poveny
aUevialioll, tqIOn eandngl, overdepeoof nce 00. oil. rural urbui ch ft, mdusmal.lwion. .nd tl.e ovt'fllI economic health 01 tbe nauon,- he IIld. 'tlkpr.-lUIlYesoffureign nus.io lIln l'Ilgena wtll< were atdM! brio lingmllJhl5bed the need I )J" .. 'hth of emphasiS from 011 10 .Sllculture Dnwtuc llUIlI)CH &om theu home( OUnn 'b !.outhAfria. KorfIB.lnJontiia,iIIldT!liw;u1" the UJ "Iri,n", II.id agnc wu uuIy Iheway lorw.ud ifN..,na mUit ach~ food IeCUrily In linewith iheadrrunlitrKionoi ~GoodItdJonalhan.
In llil vote 01 thank... UJO NwabtJ5 m.maawadireaor, 151 Pnoducu Unuted, aid the Afrtle::P!I, sl.led fot Augusl 27·29, 2()12, ","OWd opt:n the
1Iooda.11I
cI upponunlneto for the COlUllry. 01) n I.lle. prelent It the e\elllll1c1ude Nlcholu Colemln Economic Cll)Wl5..Io.:. 5auh African II1Ch Commi£, 100; Uzo NwlInkwo, MOJ( :EO, AIQ C.plill MowMplItnl LId; Mud;i futuI. director, LaKOI Ownber or Cocrurerce; Arief flariyanlo, depull di rector. Indo~i.n Tr.de Promollon Centre,
Bohyun,.,..,. ....... -
iCDrean Trade Comml"lon; and Chenl Y. Fu, direclor, 1Wwen Trade Commi8IIon
Accountant recounts gains of rice ...
Ineon,llIe nl pollc, . ·Commerdal banD in tbe couolfJ .re only InlUtSled In mlrtelln!, lI.dln! bu,lneuel which they .-dity IPW! loans but lor an, devdopmental buain.eu they .re nOI Inleruled. BUI the people 10 hoJd on 10 are the CBN, because they haW! nDC been able 10 reduce lnlere5t Rle to sJ.ncI.e dl&iL lhere It no commercial bank In the counh}' thlt offered ,In,le dlPL ·P.rmell would be encouraJed 10 rarm II they hive .CCUI to credll but II nOI the productiOn would be low The majw" cbaiJenp revolYes round the CBN and the commerdal b.nkl: he
said.
Awagu Aid the AgrileIpo would rocul on lIIJflcullure while FoodbeJn ","ouki dwell on finished roods/bev~rage prodUCU/ RlVlCH. • indeed, the exhibition, II> hoped 10 be the biggeR and fit51 West
local protloction vta ,undry ectivsti. or g,wernmenl and pnvate ICOO': He .bo JI.ted Ih.t Ihe AcrU,eJpo would brin! 10Iell!e( the bell In the indUSh y to I common vtnue where Ilakehoider, would &uer.arnrtheultimatelmpl :I on stlnd.rd•• nd qu.lh of lpicultural productivity and food supply. -No douhc, .n Improved a"lcultur.1 producllvity will Impici
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Abo ezplaininc IIlD'II! 01 the challenges with proceulng.
IdminlRradoo. .nd with thll I would be able to reactivate the macblnes and other £iiIdlIdel; be mlCd. On hl.- pan. the nltionaJ secretary or the lSIOd.tiol\, Donatw Imq,hodot; Aid the
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purpou or lourinl the planu with the manqement .wi of Plrll Bank was for the ba.nk 10 h.ve the U,t or c.U.va proceuon IS wen IS 10 know the numbers of proceuon the bank was funding.
he A)'I the JWObImt includes J.::Ir: 01 an e6er::uic mary dr:yn thai then resu!u In complete reU.nce on ,unlllht for dryUlj patboUed paddy rice. Thl' however brlnl' other challelliles lib: the ellllallCe of other Impurilies luch I I IlOneI, teaws. .-and and 10 on. Emrance or theM: ImpurIdes &hen brtnp the need 10 dean and de ...one the rice before and after rnLIlmc (removal cI haub rn.n a-ddY rice). lhlIlntrodUClel can aJIUi th.1 would nOt h.ve been necessary If an eIearic rexif}' dryer I, evailable 10 dry the rice. b1Aeadcl~in the open air 10 1Wl-dry.11owever, we Ittunpy beUew that this
cbaiknBt' wouIdmon bealhinC 01 the paR "..1tb the tIIptCled ~cltbelApCAOP
The 'CCOnd problem we h.ve 10 proceuJ.D& " nonavailability of. hip cr.pitClty mUUnlllnacblne 10 mill the rice beklg pt"OIkad by II the COIUIF P""OCUllin& oenuea. On thai. _ ere aBo hopdut $II it ~.toOO be hIRory because the amflU adrniniintion In .... h.. bem'4lft)'respoIIIfve In that I t a to fannen In the
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We h.1Yt! been havinl the problern of lCandardl.satlon in the ar!l 01 ~ but that I, aiM) brinl addreued by the selle CADP provkUnc llippOf1i on nlBri.:.ec bdliwion. I am a.r,oced cha _ wo.&I 0f;M: only rnab ~ rnad.:el lmpreMioo but _ IhaII aDo IDler
me inwmmanaI market
., DO dlsunI: dme.