For decades, goats were the underdogs of livestock farming, mostly raised for home consumption or modest income. Today, ...

The world’s appetite for meat has hit a new high, but it is coming with steep consequences for the environment. According to new ...

Nigeria launched a trilateral partnership with Brazil and the United Kingdom to deploy digital tools and data systems in cattle farming. Brazil will provide production expertise, while the United ...

African Union (AU) is seeking to increase Nigeria’s 156 livestock million population to boost industry productivity and income of farmers. Despite having about 156.31 million ruminants—including ...

Mrs Ekele Obayi is a native of Nguru, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. A graduate of Archeology and Tourism from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Obayi ventured into farming aft ...

Nigeria's Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha, had, at a Ministerial Press Briefing, expressed his ambitious vision of doubling the livestock sector's contribution to the Gross ...

Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing livestock farming through innovation with the launch of the fourth edition of its annual Prize for Innovation (PFI). Speaking ...

The association said it'll take a lot of deliberate planning to make ranching become the sole option of livestock production. Open grazing has been publicly condemned and blamed as the reason why ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently reaffirmed his administration's commitment to comprehensive ranching and livestock reforms at the National Economic Council (NEC) conference in Abuja. His message ...

Agro-allied company Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC has announced the call for entries for the fourth edition of its FMN Prize for Innovation. In a statement on Thursday, the company said the focus for ...

University of Cape Town provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Agriculture is hugely important to Nigeria. It makes up about a quarter of the country’s economy, and almost half of ...