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Monday 27 August 2018
President Buhari says an initiative on dairy farming by Denmark and Kaduna State will help in curbing clashes between herdsmen and farmers
Today, President Buhari said an initiative on dairy farming being championed by the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kaduna State government would go a long way in curbing clashes between cattle herders and farmers in the country.
Receiving His Excellency, Torben Gettermann, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark in a farewell audience at State House, Abuja, the President noted that establishment of dairy farms, as being promoted by the Kingdom of Denmark, "will save the country from the almost perennial problem of clashes between herders and farmers, made worse by population explosion."
President Buhari observed that when the dairy farms are "economically viable, the cattle herders will see the need to stay in one place, as they will realize that productive considerations, rather than the number of heads of cattle, are more important."
Explaining the concept of dairy farming further, Ambassador Gettermann, said the plan was to have 1,000 families of herdsmen with 12,000 heads of cattle in a location, where they will have veterinary attention, schools for their children, and generally live as a small community. A Danish company, Arla, will then buy the milk off the cattle farmers.
The Danish government will bring investors through its Agriculture Counsellor in the country, while the Kaduna State government will provide initial infrastructure and funding.
"Dairy farming is not exactly the same thing as ranching. It will yield better meat, and the Danish company will buy the milk from the farmers. A pilot project will start in Kaduna, and then move to other locations, as it becomes commercially viable," the Ambassador, who spent four years in Nigeria, said.
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