THE PUNCH, 11 NOVEMBER, 2012

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agric -economy

ANIMAL CARE •

SO\"DIBER II 2Ol2

Experts advise govt on food security

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Drpartment

.... Prod"""'" and ~tmagene1t Science. Til SoIann UM'ft'Sny of Education. ljebu-Ode. Ogun St.a~, Dr. OIufmli Amusan, has sax! tht! country faces food 1II!CUJit\' aWs due to its attJl~ to fanning. In I ~ enbt!OO, .~

N'q;man

~ ~lln' IplIISt unnunenl food crisas. -

pn!iRIlted

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to

\\'arid

CXImfllCn'IOr.l~ 2012

Food 0.,'

orprused by the Cenm for AltemOltn~ l:lt\"I!!Iopnent and Srif-Enha~l. he

said ntther than imJX'O'o~ lhe ~ sedor. N"tgena had a:JI'Itmued 10 spend more n'IOOt\" on food importalion. H~ sud. ~ Food and ~ Orpnlsation pub tbl' popubtlOn aJ N"1geriI at 38 nuJlion in 1'}61 and I~ million in 1997. Today. II is put 1.1 160 million and II is pro;ected that bv )'aJ" 2050. our population "is rftCb 402 million rnakm& Nigena W fourth most populous n:ation

in the 1II'01id. ~But Uus 15 not 1IIil) we 111a}" M'e food cris:Is:

nlthrr-. our nepti\'e atntude ~-;uds the ~t of agncuJtural .s«tor should not

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lie !iaid that the oil boom

expenenOlld in lq?05remamed

food

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cnszs

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N'1J:,mI rf the '"3nOUS~.fts r:A pM!t1IJnCflt oouId ~ the new ~tion funners

oompnsmg the youths lhrough cm:I.tt £aciljtie:s at an

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the lTW"~tin, of ~oSlim In Nigeria, whic:h is a

healthsulutionforlhutock (Inns lOt' 5Oluhon. IttOrdmg 10 • statement by Iht' firm on Frida\', hu ~n !>Ucceafulh marktoted and ~()ld &\obalh for O\'t:f 20 \Uts

Thf. solution. the finn said" was targeted at addinr. '"alpe to hvestocl: busmess throur,h maximisinr. the ammalproductlOnpotenlial ""lth locally a\""JIibble

resources" It said, '"The challenr.es the livestock indust ry

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qui le dauntlllg; it needless 10 menlion challenr.es like diseases. em' ron mental issues, lwin Jeopardy of declininr. profit

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Melinda Gales Foundauon ha\'e un,~led thJ"ft n~ proJe'ct5 to support efl"ons 10 <k\-e~ caSSl'"a \"arieties ,"lth ns1St.a.nce to Cass;wa ~IO$Iic Oi.sea.sf' and Ussa\"a BrownSI~k~ 1111~ I~ also t3rxnrod al est3bhshin~ mo~ ~u.~ta1n.blf'

wed

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I" enabl('" sm3llholde~ i lal1Tlf'''' l>f1ter ;t~ to ~1It:h ' "arielles., • statement

nil hlwn mdicated Tht "projects we~ :lOnl.una'd dunn~ a CUNI'";t \'3Iut l"1m1ll <"'('nt

to.

interest rntenot ccoeed.ing m.'e

a map oontribulory factoc" to the nq;kn ~ ~. 5a\"UlI Nigma suddmh" b«:ame so rich t.hal JI. dXl not tcr-.. lIIn:U 10 do 1II1th the ~

PAl nmes 1II-heJ one finds orwsetf U1 a oomfor1 lOne. then! is that lendency 10 fOfp.'t ~ one 15 corm", from; lIIith the am'tnt of oil, Nigenan leadership forgot

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fiarmm&

una~ to

Date' Tuesday 13th &Wednesday l~th , November. 2012

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fmners is lht: difficult} in :aa::essmg funds for famun&

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Or~"nt$rd 1(1'

I . ') Poultry Association of Nigeria (5_ W)

",'here we "''e'f"e C(IfJl1I1g from and !ail the natioo"s \1Sion for apxuh.ure. ~ he sax!. AaxJnhn& to hun. anotherrMjor" lXtor that makes

theme:

AGENDA

that then

way out of the

venue: OUC~~

- ~ AbooII W.." AIIId<utI. o;un StJlf. HIger\I. featunng

Jnarpn and incrt2Si.nl mput cosl5.

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-rht: combmed efff'ClS ha\'r wbjeded

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SlIlkt'holders.most~1Jy 1M f~ to mtt'Me

pressure to find means of $Un",ng. he~ the need 10 shift focus "'ilhin and dq»o,' ~ strnltgle!l of imPI"O\1.1I1l tilf' U\utock d6cienc)' and deliVC'fY on aD performance mdicators whdl a~ prot.bly1heonlyaltemati'o'e under his control Accordlllg to the finn. the performance of the sorntton depended largetv on the quality of feed and othetenvironmentl\1 factors.. and more Importantly, on the ability of the a ni mal 10 u tilise IT1Ulmally the nut.nmt deriVlllM from the reed wtuch coll5t:itutes to a \~" large ettent substantial pan ofthe input cnst.. p

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rt'Presentalives

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