Helping our poultry farmers’ needs
Nigeria should establish a national poultry competitiveness programme, backed by measurable targets, cheap long-term credit, local grandparent-stock production, commercial maize and soybean clusters, modern hatcheries, extension services and rigorous disease surveillance.
Stakeholders, led by the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), are asking for cheaper finance, lower input costs, dependable access to quality chicks, improved genetics, better veterinary services, stronger biosecurity, modern processing and cold-chain infrastructure, and government policies that are predictable rather than whimsical.
A proposed $1 billion National Integrated Poultry Project targets increased egg and broiler production, while a $900 million Chinese-backed scheme envisages six integrated farms producing six million eggs daily.
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