President Muhammadu Buhari on
Monday 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 Mr Torben Gettermann,
the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark in a farewell audience at the State
House, Abuja, the President noted that establishment of dairy farms being
promoted by Denmark, “will save the country from the almost perennial problem
of clashes between herders and farmers, made worse by population explosion.”
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.
“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.
Meanwhile, Gettermann is
proceeding on retirement after 40 years in the service of his country.
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