The Federal Government had disclosed that its programme on rabbit farming which has officially commenced will engage 17,000 youths across the country.
Executive Secretary of
National Agricultural Land Development Authority, Paul Ikonne who made the
announcement said the programme had already commenced in some states which
include Imo, Abia, Cross River and Oyo states, and is expected to engage more
participants in the southern part of Nigeria.
Ikonne disclosed that
the agency would provide the rabbits, cage, vaccine and training for
participants free of charge, and further added that the first set of
beneficiaries would be required to bring back the kitten from the rabbits they
train so as to be used in the empowerment of other youths.
He said;
“The President had
inaugurated the national young farmers’ scheme, and we intend to take in
774,000 young Nigerians into the entire agribusiness. This programme has
started implementing the first leg, which is our animal husbandry.
“In this segment, we
are doing goat and rabbit rearing. A lot of people do not know the potentials,
the benefits and the money they can make from rearing rabbits. Rabbit has an
entire value chain, nothing is a waste farming rabbit.
“So we are engaging
our youths into rabbit farming, NALDA has designed a programme to take in
17,000 rabbit farmers especially in the South, and we have commenced the
engagement in some states.”
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