The Federal University of Technology Akure, said collaborative research between its Laboratory for Geoecology and Sustainable Food System, GeoLab, and Biospheric Scientific Nigeria Limited, BioSci, has come up with a sustainable climate-smart goat/sheep farming.
The outcome of the research titled:"Unlocking the Potentials of Indigenous Goats and Sheep Using Climate Smart Agriculture Innovations," is a specially bred"FUTASA goats and sheep," it said. "There are three indigenous goat breeds in the franchise programme namely the West African dwarf, the Savannah, and the large Sahel goats," it said, adding:"The large Sahel goat is a dual-purpose goat with a diary capacity of 0.5 litres per day for between 90 to 100 days."GeoLab is a laboratory in FUTA's Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, School of Earth and Mineral Science.
The focal person for the project, Ahmed Balogun, a professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, said the project which was kick-started in 2021, has developed innovative sustainable goat and sheep breeding strategies. He noted that the breeds developed through painstaking research are disease-resistant and fast-growing.According to Mr Balogun, Sustainable Climate Smart Commercial Goat/Sheep farming is an emerging agribusiness that can be developed into an efficient value chain.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox