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Vice Chairman of Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association in Ogun State, Dr. Taiwo Jolaoso, who delivered a discourse titled ‘Acceptable U se of Antibiotics’ commended the farmers for coming together to promote pig production in Nigeria. He noted that the forum was timely because Nigeria has realised the needs to focus on agriculture. In his lecture Dr. Jolaoso cautioned that antibiotics should not be used on animal and man indiscriminately, as it could lead to antibiotics resistance. “When resistance occur you can no longer guarantee the safety or health of the animals. And farmers are prone to contact the disease since they touch and eat the meat,” he noted. He explained that when farmers take proper care of their animal and employ well-trained farm workers, fewer drugs are needed to raise healthy livestock. Speaking further, Dr. Jolaoso advised young people want to venture into farming to acquire adequate knowledge before starting the business. This, he said, woul...

In 1938, the Big Dutchman founders invented the world’s first automatic chain feeder for poultry in the USA. Today, the headquarters of the company are located in Vechta, Germany. In regard to housing and feeding systems, the poultry equipment supplier is considered to be the international market leader: On five continents and in more than 100 countries around the world, Big Dutchman is a trademark for lasting quality, reliable service and unsurpassed know-how.  A prime example is Asia’s largest and most advanced, fully integrated layer project in the Chinese district of Pinggu (Beijing Province): An impressive number of altogether 30 closed poultry houses accommodating four million birds have been fully equipped by Big Dutchman. The state-of-the-art facility belongs to the Thai Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) and was put into operation in 2012.  The birds are kept in 18 layer and 12 rearing houses. The Univent poultry cage, which CP decided to install, is a classic...

Chapter 1: Introduction The socio-economic Importance of Family Poultry Family poultry is defined as small-scale poultry keeping by households using family labour and, wherever possible, locally available feed resources. The poultry may range freely in the household compound and find much of their own food, getting supplementary amounts from the householder. Participants at a 1989 workshop in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, defined rural poultry as a flock of less than 100 birds, of unimproved or improved breed, raised in either extensive or intensive farming systems. Labour is not salaried, but drawn from the family household (Sonaiya 1990b). Family poultry was additionally clarified as “small flocks managed by individual farm families in order to obtain food security, income and gainful employment for women and children” (Branckaert, as cited in Sonaiya, 1990c). Family poultry is quite distinct from medium to large-scale commercial poultry farming. Family poultry is rarely the sole means ...

Israeli researchers have found that droppings from turkeys, chickens and other poultry could be a viable alternative to coal as energy source. According to a study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University, poultry excreta can be turned into combustible biomass that can replace 10 per cent of coal used for electricity production. The author of the study, Amit Gross, told journalists on Wednesday in Tel Aviv that “you get more energy than you invest, making this a possible alternative to fossil fuels.” Mr. Gross, who is Chair of the Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology at Ben Gurion University, says the droppings is heated up to 250 degrees celsius in a process called hydrothermal carbonisation. He says the result is solid fuel similar to coal called hydrochar. Mr. Gross’ study estimated that if the entire world’s available poultry faeces were converted to hydrochar, it could replace 10 per cent of coal used for electricity generation. According to 20...

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has projected a 10 per cent increase in cashew nut production for 2018. It said this would bring the total value of nuts to 185 tons, up from its 2017 level of 175 tons. The national publicity secretary of the association, Mr Sotonye Anga, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Anga said the expectations were because thousands of new cashew trees at their 17th week were already flowering in preparation to fruit. According to him, there is also a prospective early harvest in 2018 starting from January. “It is a good thing to see reports from members across the cashew producing states that even new cashew plantations of 16 to 17 months are already flowering. “This goes to show that there will be enormous economical gains for the nation in terms of revenue. “This year, there was a record high sale of raw cashew nuts because a metric ton of the commodity was sold for N700,000; that has never ...

Agricultural marketing is inferred to cover the services involved in moving an agricultural product from the farm to the consumer . It is also the planning, organizing, directing and handling of agricultural produce in such a way as to satisfy the farmer, producer and the consumer. Numerous interconnected activities are involved in doing this, such as planning production, growing and harvesting , grading , packing and packaging , transport, storage, agro- and food processing, distribution , advertising and sale. Effectively, the term encompasses the entire range of supply chain operations. However, it's key function is to help direct these services, by providing competent and able market information, thereby linking the other operations into an integrated service with targeted outcomes. 1). Identify Your Farm Market: Before you start a farm, grow your farm products, and start marketing, the first and most important thing you need to do is ask yourself this questi...

Starting just about any company needs experience in the related field. If you’re not used to the fishing business, it could be a good idea to start small and gather experience as you progress. Managing a business requires many of the administrative skills, whether it’s fish farming or some other business. Moreover, it means that you won’t have an expert/ boss to offer directions you’ll need, thus you have to make all of your decisions on your own, if you don’t have any partners.