NEED FOR INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA’S LIVESTOCK SECTOR
May 10th, 2014
The poor health and welfare reputation of Nigeria’s abattoirs and meat processors has undermined the reputation of its meat sector, helping reduce exports to a derisory level.It is a problem, because livestock accounts for one-third of Nigeria's agricultural GDP, providing income, employment, food, farm energy, manure, fuel and transport. The sector is also a major source of government revenue.The government has said that the livestock industry accounts for about 5% of national GDP and 20% of agricultural GDP. But experts say that while the country has some of ...
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