... Gaining an Edge in Poultry Business
In a bid to greatly assist in capacity building of Nigerian army personnel towards effectively contributing towards the Federal Government agricultural revolution with the aim of ensuring food security in the country, the Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited has organised a poultry management workshop in Abuja.
Declaring the workshop Open on 2nd May 2023, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Faruk Yahaya said he approved the conduct of this Poultry Management Workshop in order to key into the Federal Government Policy on Food Security and to rekindle the effort of the Nigerian Army at providing viable and sustainable agricultural programmes and ventures through effective farming and ranching.
The COAS, who is the Special Guest of Honour (SGOH) represented by the Chief of Logistics (Army) Major General Omotomilola Akintade said the poultry management workshop aim is to showcase poultry business in the Nigerian Army as one of the quick impact projects and to address the economic challenges facing the country.
He noted that NAFARL would showcase the effort of the Nigerian Army in contributing to economic growth through non- kinetic approach. I have no doubt that the contents of the Workshop will broaden the horizon and further stimulate the appetite of participants in contemporary poultry business and agricultural global trends.
"I am particularly impressed with thetheme, "Gaining an Edge in Poultry Business". This is in tandem with one of the objectives of NAFARL which is to contribute to National Gross Domestic Product through agricultural best practices. Thus, this would provide the forum to prepare both serving participants and others about to exit the Service for life in retirement through participation in agricultural activities and its numeral value chain."he added.
He urged participants to use the unique opportunities of interaction provided by the Workshop to rekindle your passion for improved food production and its commercial benefits.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the Executive Director Major General Mike Durowaiye the Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited Poultry Management Workshop will provide the forum to prepare both serving participants and others about to exit the service for life in retirement through participation in agricultural activities and its numerous value chains.
General Durowaiye added that the main purpose of NAFARL is to spearhead the Nigerian Army involvement in the Federal Government agricultural programme and expose the Nigerian Army to agriculture and its full value chain.
“As a tool for self-sustaining and mitigating unemployment and food challenges in the Nigerian army, I also hope this workshop will broaden the horizon and further stimulate the appetite of participants in contemporary poultry management practices.
“The theme Getting an Edge in Poultry Business is in a tandem with one of the objectives of NAFARL which is to contribute to National Gross Domestic Products (GDP) through agricultural best practices.
“ It is expected that participants will use the unique opportunities of interaction provided by the workshop to rekindle our passion for improved food production and its commercial benefits,” he said.
Participants at the workshop are principla staff officers from Army Headquarters, representatives of the Chief of Training, the Nigerian Army Women Corp, resource persons