The Federal Government has said that in order to resolve the farmer/herder crisis across the country, grazing reserves in 21 out of the 36 states of the federation will be revived.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, disclosed this on Tuesday during a webinar on ‘Nigeria dairy industry’, organized by the Policy Centre of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry to mark the World Milk Day, 2021.
In a statement issued by the Media/Strategy Officer, ACCI, Olayemi, John-Mensah Nanono, stated that the Ministry of Agriculture had mobilized contractors to various sites across the country with a target to revive the grazing reserves.
The minister said that grazing reserves will be in 21 out of the 36 states of the federation, adding that work was presently ongoing with monitoring team supervising the progress of works and that the Federal Government was committed to providing infrastructures that would make the reserves suitable for pastoralist thereby increasing Nigerians local dairy production capacity.
He added that the government was collaborating with local and international partners to improve the relationship between farmers and herders through the revitalization of the grazing reserves.