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Come to our rescue, our farms are crumbling, Poultry farmers begs FG ON JUNE 25, 20203:16 PMIN AGRIC Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare By Festus Ahon – Asaba Poultry farmers under the auspices of Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to come to their rescue, lamenting that their farms were crumbling over the rising cost of maize and soya beans. They lamented that small poultry farms were closing down as a result of the high cost of feeds. Speaking to newsmen in Asaba, the Delta State Chairman of PAN, Chief Alfred Mrakpor appealed to the Federal government to save the local poultry industry from total collapse due to the high cost of poultry feeds. Mrakpor lamented the large numbers of small scale poultry farms that have closed as a result of exorbitant prices of critical ingredients in poultry feed formulation. He held that the benefits of the ban by the federal government on frozen chicken on the local industry would be eroded, if the exorbitant price of maize and soya beans, a major component of poultry rations, were not checked. Mrakpor said, “It is heartbreaking to see that small farmers are falling out of business and by extension increasing the poverty level of the citizenry. This is not the expectations of our members, and we are all negatively affected by the galloping price of maize by maize merchants without any remorse. “In the last two years, the local broiler industry has boomed with a positive effect on food sufficiency for Nigeria. This has been largely aided by the ban on imports of frozen chicken. We see this great achievement being rolled back if local broiler production is threatened. “A tonne of maize which used to sell for N97,000 has climbed to N165,000 per tonne while soybeans have increased from N110,000 per tonne to N123,000 within the last few months. “We appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow immediate importation of maize into Nigeria since our local maize farmers can not meet up with the demand of maize required by maize consumers.” According to him, invoices and Local Purchase Orders, LPO is no longer respected by maize dealers, stressing that “this poses a huge challenge to small scale poultry farmers”. Insisting that the rising cost of maize and the attendant scarcity of maize and soybeans was capable of threatening the nation’s food security, Mrakpor decried that apart from poultry farmers other actors in the value chain were also at risk. “The rising cost of maize is threatening livelihoods of small businesses in Nigeria. It is not only poultry farmer’s investment that is threatened, but also other players in the value chain; feed producers, chicken, and egg vendors and processors, grain traders, veterinary and drug vendors, etc, thus plunging the economy into deeper crisis”, he said. vanguard Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Related Rising costs: Poultry farmers to hike prices of eggs, chicken If the threat of Poultry Association of Nigeria PAN to increase the prices of their products is anything to go by then the masses should get ready to face corresponding increases in other products June 17, 2011 10.3bn eggs produced annually— PAN November 23, 2016 Poultry farmers proffer solution to unemployment in agric sector December 26, 2017 All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from VANGUARD NEWS. Download Vanguard News App.   Technical Feedback: whatsapp 08023469027   READ our Privacy-policy and cookie policy. READ ALSO: Sometimes, I want her to reduce taking this type of picture -Anita Joseph Vanguard PROMOTED Ready to make money? Register and see how much you can make now! ProfitExperts My battles against childlessness - Ibidun Ituah-Ighodalo A genius from Nigeria found a way to get rid of parasites forever! Read! Detox If You Want To Soften Your Wrinkles, Do This Today (It's Genius) InnoGialuron APC NEC meeting: Buhari, 16 govs, pro-Oshiomhole group in attendance Court remands two cousins over alleged rape, murder of Maersk MD's wife Arthritis or Joint Pain? Doctor Says Do This First Thing Each… Motion free LAWAL SHERIFAT View all posts by Lawal Sherifat → PREVIOUS POST Akwa Ibom, Abia urge FG to establish police at warring border communities Disclaimer Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.

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