The various problems associated with financing livestock production in Northern Nigeria

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    • Michael Adedotun Oke, Michael Adedotun Oke Foundation
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  The hardship in  accessing funds by some of the commercial and peasant livestock farmers in the Northern region of Nigeria is significant  and this is noted in the production; preservation, transportation, marketing and capital needed in the sourcing feed, kick starting of livestock production and the advanced technology needed to expand the livestock businesses.

  Despite the unorganized nature of the industry, the dairy industry represents an important component of the agricultural sector of the economy with great economic, nutritional and social implications (Olaloku 1976; FAO, 1991; Yahuza, 2001).

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