Poultry Industry News: Nigeria
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Nigeria Partners with Brazil on Food, Poultry ProductionNIGERIA - The Federal Government has expressed willingness to collaborate with the Brazilian authorities in food and poultry production so as to ensure food security in the country....
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Customs Destroys Cartons of Frozen Chicken, TurkeyNIGERIA - The destruction of 7552 cartons of contraband frozen turkey and chickens smuggled into the country from France was supervised by Nigeria's Area Comptroller of Customs Federal Operations Unit David Dimka....
Monday, March 18, 2013
Customs Destroys Poultry Products in Ogun NIGERIA - A total of 7072 cartons of seized contraband poultry products were destroyed and buried by the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) during the weekend. ...
Monday, February 25, 2013
Call to Create Enabling Environment for Poultry FarmersNIGERIA - Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria (PAN) has called on the Federal Government to create an enabling environment for poultry farmers across the country to boost production in the industry....
Monday, January 21, 2013
FG Urged to Support Powdered Egg ProductionNIGERIA - Processing egg into powder form would reduce wastage, if given needed support, a former scribe of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), South West zone, has suggested....
Friday, August 03, 2012
Canadian Firm & Niger Govt to Raise 26M Chickens YearlyNIGERIA - The Niger Government has completed a partnership arrangement with a Canadian firm to produce 26 million chickens annually, the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Mustapha Lemu, has said....
Friday, July 20, 2012
Customs Destroys Poultry Products Worth N25.2MNIGERIA - The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos has destroyed poultry products worth N25.2 million....
Friday, July 13, 2012
Customs Impounds, Destroys Poultry ProductsNIGERIA - In the continual battle against smugglers, the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja Lagos, made a massive seizure and destruction of over 6,000 cartons of assorted poultry products with a duty paid value (DPV)...
Monday, June 25, 2012
Women Receive Poultry Farming Training in KanoNIGERIA - A total of 200 women, who received training on poultry farming, were graduated from the Kano State Institute of Poultry, Tukui in Makoda Local Government Area of the state....
Friday, June 15, 2012
NCS Raises Alarm on Smuggling of Poultry ProductsNIGERIA - The Ogun state Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised alarm on the increase in the smuggling of frozen poultry products into the country....
Monday, June 11, 2012
USAID Poultry Initiative to Generate N58 BillionNIGERIA - The Poultry Association of Nigeria has said the unrestricted trans-border trade among poultry farmers in West Africa will bring N58bn to Nigeria....
Friday, May 11, 2012
FCT Poultry Farmers Sensitized on StandardsNIGERIA - The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has sensitized Federal Capital Territory (FCT) poultry farmers on the need to comply with the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certification for their products which is the required...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Isiukwuato LG to Establish Poultry Farm NIGERIA - Chief Enyimba Nwosu, the transition committee chairman, Isiukwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, said the council would establish an integrated poultry farm to provide employment for the youth....
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
FG to Revive Avutu Poultry Farm in ImoNIGERIA - The Federal Government has expressed willingness to revive the dilapidated Imo Modern Poultry farm located at Avutu, Obowo local government area of the state. ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Ag Minister Promises to Revival of Imo PoultryNIGERIA - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has expressed dismay at the decay of the Imo Modern Poultry in Avutu, Obowo local government of the state and has promised to ensure the farm enterprise was resuscitated....
Friday, March 30, 2012
Bird Flu Risk Raised by Biosecurity Failures in NigeriaNIGERIA - Biosecurity failures were revealed in a survey of poultry farming in Kogi state, according to new research at Ahmadu Bello University, raising the risk of the introduction and spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the area. Better...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Transforming Poultry Waste to Wealth in LagosNIGERIA - In line with the state’s commitment of turning waste to wealth, the Lagos State government has introduced a new technology that will transform waste from poultry farms into very rich manure for crop cultivation. ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Lagos Supports Poultry, Rice and AquacultureNIGERIA - The physical disbursement of money to beneficiaries of the Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), which commenced in May 2010, has seen 136 commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) comprising of 1,471 small and medium scale farmers across...
Monday, March 26, 2012
Poultry Farmers Protest High FeesNIGERIA - Plateau poultry farmers have protested against alleged payment of high fees imposed by officials of the state’s Ministry of Agriculture in the implementation of the eggs mop-up exercise initiated by Governor Jonah Jang....
Friday, March 23, 2012
Customs Impounds Contraband, Frozen ChickenNIGERIA - The Nigerian Customs Service has warned importers of contraband goods to desist from such act, especially in the Cross River/Akwa Ibom state command, as measures had been put in place to deal with those caught contravening the law....
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Foundation Donates Poultry FarmsNIGERIA - The BATN Foundation on Monday donated poultry farms worth millions of naira to the Ondo State office of the National Directorate of Employment in Imafon near Akure, for the training and empowerment of youths....
Friday, February 17, 2012
Contaminated Chicken, Turkey Flood Cross RiverNIGERIA - The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Edward Ogon, yesterday said that there is a report that contaminated chicken and turkey have flooded the state. ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Arbor Acres CHI Nigeria SeminarNIGERIA - Arbor Acres Nigerian GP distributor, CHI Limited, recently held a second seminar in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. ...
Friday, October 28, 2011
Opportunities to Invest in Nigeria's IndustryNIGERIA - Value chain opportunities for investment in the Nigerian poultry industry is the theme of the Nigerian poultry show to be held next week. ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Institute Introduces New Egg-Laying BirdNIGERIA - The Zaria-based National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) has introduced a new egg line, Shika Brown, which that can lay eggs continuously for two years....
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