The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in collaboration with Feed Industry Practitioners Association of Nigeria (FIPAN) and SAHEL CONSULTING organized a three-day National Animal Feed Summit for the first time in Nigeria, from 23rd to 25th September, 2021.
The Summit which has its theme ‘Developing a Roadmap to a Sustainable Animal Feeding in Nigeria’ looked at the current status of animal feeding in Nigeria
Participants were drawn from a wide range of stakeholders across the country including MDAs, Research Institutes, Professional Bodies, Institutions, Industry Practitioners, Policy Makers, Law Makers and Development Partners to brainstorm on key thematic areas that can be enshrined in the proposed National Animal Feed Policy draft document.
Several presentations were made by the resource Persons in the following thematic areas and sub-topics:
- Several presentations were made by the resource Persons in the following thematic areas and sub-topics:
- Sustainable Animal Feed Production in Nigeria
- Production and Commercialization of Ruminant Feeds in Nigeria
- Sustainable production of Monogastric and Microlivestock feed in Nigeria
- Overview of Animal Feed Industry in Nigeria
- Roadmap to a Sustainable Animal Feeding in Nigeria
- Sustainable Animal Feed Safety and Quality Control in Nigeria
- Enforcing Nigeria regulation for the Feed Mill Industry
- Combating challenges faced by feed millers in periods of emergency
- Alternative Feed Sources
- Utilization of Non-conventional feedstuff in feed production in Nigeria
- Sustainable production of Conventional Feedstuff for Animal Feed Security
- Combating Scarcity of Maize/Soyabean for Animal Feed Security
- Animal Feed Ingredients marketing in Nigeria
- Animal Feed Marketing in Nigeria
- Import and Export of feed ingredients and additives
- There was presentation of the draft National Animal Feed Policy document.
