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Farmers-herders crisis: FG prepares 15 grazing reserves for herdsmen, others Okechukwu Nnodim Okechukwu Nnodim Published 2:55 am Over 200,000 hectares of land across 15 grazing reserves are being prepared by the Federal Government under the National Livestock Transformation Plan. It was also gathered that 22 states had so far shown interest in the livestock programme that aims to address the incessant clashes between herders and farmers across the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Andrew Kwasari, who coordinates the NLTP, told Sunday PUNCH on Friday tha...

James Emejo in Abuja Following a €400,000 funding support from the Netherlands, the federal government has commenced talks with the Nasarawa State government for the kick-off of the pilot implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP). The plan, which includes the establishment of grazing reserves across the country is seen as panacea to the current farmer-herder conflicts in the country. The implementation will also help the country maximise opportunities in the country’s over N30 trillion assets in livestock which had been neglected over the years. The Special Advis...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had commenced the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan and also disclosed that 20 governors had shown interest in the programme. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture, Andrew Kwasari, who announced the commencement of the programme, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had secured a €400,000 grant from the Netherlands for the initiative. A statement issued in Abuja by the Communications Lead, Federal Ministry of Agriculture a...