Of the challenges that beset your industry, which poses the greatest threat to your operations and how are you dealing with it?
From a milk production point of view, Nigeria has a hot, humid environment which typically is very good for beef cattle and that is why you see a lot of the Fulani cows doing very well. To grow high milk-yielding cows, you have to put in extra effort and this is what we have been doing for many years.
The cattle numbers are not as high as what is seen in other countries like The Netherlands that are small yet have lots of animals. Having said that, our dairy development initiative is currently ongoing in Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Kwara and in the north. In these locations, we are working with about 12,000 farmers. Most of them are pastoralists who have cows that roam about.
We have 29 milk collection centres in the country. These are physical locations with an average of five people who are directly employed. The farmers producing the milk are different from the riders who deliver the milk to these MCCs. Then we have the extension officers and milk truck drivers.Ranching; again, the definition of ranching in this country is a bit misunderstood. Ranching involves using huge portions of farmlands to rear many cows typically for beef.
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