FG Releases Census on Goats, Cattles, Pigs, Sheep, Camels, Other Livestock in Nigeria
Category: Nigerian National News
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, yesterday
June 2nd, released details of the 2011 National Agricultural Sample
Survey, which shows an estimated number of livestock in the country.
At a news conference in Abuja yesterday June 2nd, Ogbeh said the 2011
census on Nigeria's livestock showed that the country had an estimated
7.1 million pigs, 41.3 million sheep, 19.5 million cattle, 28,000
camels, 974,499 donkeys, 11.6 million ducks, 145 million chickens, 1.2
million turkeys and 72.5 million goats.
According to Ogbeh, the figures have placed Nigeria
as the leading country in livestock ownership in Africa but this has not
translated into adequate provision of protein food for Nigerians. He
called for improved commercialization of livestock rearing in Nigeria.
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