The Dairy Industry In Nigeria: Current Status And Future Prospects:- John Anakwuezie Ibeawuchi
ABSTRACT
The human population ofAfrica is estimated to be growing at
a rate of3.1% per year (Ndituru, 1993). This growth in population has
stimulated a policy aimed at self-sufficiency in food by many governments.
Malnutrition is still a plague in many parts ofthe African continent despite
efforts being made to increase agricultural production. Deficiencies ofprotein
and micronutrients continue to be persistent. People of sub-Saharan Africa
consume foods that consist of starch and oil. Ifsufficiently available, milk
and milk products could efficiently correct these deficiencies and could be part
of African's diet as in western world. In addition to improvingthe nutrition
and health ofail members ofa household, dairying increase fanner's incomes
(ILRI, 1998). However, per capita production of whole fresh milk in Africa in
1999 was only 34kg/person as against 294kg/person in Europe (FAO 2000) with
vety large variations of consumption among regions ofthe same country. Such a
deficit makes milk products very expensive and unavailable to most people
especially vulnerable groups which are mostly children and people oflow income.
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JOHN, I (2024). The Dairy Industry In Nigeria: Current Status And Future Prospects:- John Anakwuezie Ibeawuchi. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 21, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-dairy-industry-in-nigeria-current-status-and-future-prospects-john-anakwuezie-ibeawuchi-7-2
IBEAWUCHI, JOHN. "The Dairy Industry In Nigeria: Current Status And Future Prospects:- John Anakwuezie Ibeawuchi" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 10 Dec. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-dairy-industry-in-nigeria-current-status-and-future-prospects-john-anakwuezie-ibeawuchi-7-2. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
IBEAWUCHI, JOHN. "The Dairy Industry In Nigeria: Current Status And Future Prospects:- John Anakwuezie Ibeawuchi". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 10 Dec. 2024. Web. 21 Dec. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-dairy-industry-in-nigeria-current-status-and-future-prospects-john-anakwuezie-ibeawuchi-7-2 >.
IBEAWUCHI, JOHN. "The Dairy Industry In Nigeria: Current Status And Future Prospects:- John Anakwuezie Ibeawuchi" Mouau.afribary.org (2024). Accessed 21 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-dairy-industry-in-nigeria-current-status-and-future-prospects-john-anakwuezie-ibeawuchi-7-2