The African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria has empowered Women, Youth and Poultry Farmers in Edo State understand it’s Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) in a 3 day Capacity Building workshop on Poultry Farming for Sustainable Economic Empowerment in Nigeria.
This is part of its effort to increase poultry products in the country to meet it high demand.
The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer, of AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu, who was represented at there workshop by the Director Programmes Development and Implementation Department (PDI), Mr Zacchaeus Maxwell Akerejola, said the overall objective of the programme is in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure National Food Security, improve employment opportunities, as well as increase the economic fortune of Youth, Women and Poultry Farmers in the country.
“The Workshop on poultry production is aimed at providing participants with knowledge on essential building and equipment, incubation of eggs, hatchery management, principles for successful production, breeds and breeding, brooding of chicks and management techniques”.
Speaking further, she urged the participants to take advantage of the workshop and put to use all that they were taught during the course of the training both for personal and national good.
The resource person, an agricultural specialist and a lecturer with Auchi Polytechnic, Dr. Onotu Yahaya, in his practical lecture took the participants through step by step process in poultry production, starting with Poultry Management, Processing, Marketing and Risk Mitigation amongst others.
Dr Yahaya while appreciating AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria for the empowerment programme, said Nigeria imports over 13.8 million tons of chicken annually because of its inability to meets its poultry food demand.
He noted that the importation of poultry product contributes to the challenge of unemployment in the country, depletion of foreign reserve and capital fight.
He said with AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria initiative to empower youth and women as well as poultry farmers, Nigeria stands to benefit a lot.
Yahaya further noted that apart from the nutritional value of the chicken, every part of the chicken is useful including the feathers which are used for the production of dashboard and furniture.
The high point of the 3day capacity Workshop and Training on Poultry Management, Processing and Marketing was the presentation of Starter Packs which include Birds, Feeds, Drinkers and Feeders.
They were Paper presentations, Documentary on Poultry Farming, Pen Construction and Hatchery, as well as question and answer sections. All participants also went home with a Comprehensive Training Manual on Poultry Farming to serve as a guild and reference material.
The workshop took place at Ososo in Akoko-edo local Government area of Edo State.
The participants thanked AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria and pledge to make the organizers, the State and the Nation proud for considering them worthy of the empowerment programme.
Recall that earlier in the year, AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria had organized a workshop on Climate Smart Agricultural Practices for farmers in Edo State Nigeria.
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