The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Top News

Nigerians Milk Consumption Below WHO Recommendation- FAO

Next Edition by Next Edition
June 2, 2021
in Top News
Nigerians Milk Consumption Below WHO Recommendation- FAO
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says Nigerians consume 8 litres of milk annually which is below the World Health Organisation (WHO) 210 recommendation.

WHO recommends milk consumption of 210 litres per person annually in order to prevent malnutrition.

You might also like

Agbakoba Explains Why Tinubu Can’t Achieve Meaningful Economic Reform

British Passenger Survives Plane Crash That Claimed 241 Lives, Speaks (Photo)

Federal Civil Service Goes Paperless December

It added that malnutrition is prevalent in Nigeria due to low consumption of dairy products.

FAO Country Representative, Fred Kafeero, who made this known on Tuesday at the World Milk Day conference in Abuja, said Nigerian cattle produce less milk due to low investment and slow policy intervention.

He added that low milk production in Nigeria could be attributed to the cost of the processed milk which are largely imported.

“There are many structural and operational factors responsible for the majority of our people not having access to affordable milk.

“For some it is the cost of the milk, many urban and rural folks can’t afford consuming milk on a regular basis. It is expensive, especially when you are talking about processed milk.

“Even the raw milk they consume is also expensive for the poor people in those rural areas.

“We acknowledge that the domestic production of milk of about 500,000 metric tons is quite low, the supply gap of 1.2 metric tons means that many people go without milk,” Kafeero said.

The Director-General of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof. Ibrahim Doko, said Nigeria must scale milk production to meet local demand.

Doko was represented by a Deputy Director at the Council, Dr. Mary Abiaeye.

He said that domestic production does not meet daily capacity utilisation for the dairy companies and consumer demand while the shortfall is imported.

Doko added that Nigerian cows produce about 1.5 liters to two litres of milk daily compared to Kenya that produces 30 litres a day and Israel 45 to 60 litre a day.

READ ALSO: Abductors Of Jangebe Schoolgirls Behind Tegina Students’ Kidnap

He said Nigeria’s national dairy output per annum is 700,00 metric tons, while national demand is 1.3million metric tons per annum leaving a gap of 600,000MT.

“Nigerian local dairy sector relies mostly on milk production from subsistence Fulani pastoralists, few viable commercial dairy farms and importation.

“The indigenous breeds of cattle have low genetic potentials (low growth rate and milk yield).

“This is possibly due to poor management system and stress of endless trekking in search of pasture,” he said.(NAN)

Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

Agbakoba Explains Why Tinubu Can’t Achieve Meaningful Economic Reform

Agbakoba Explains Why Tinubu Can’t Achieve Meaningful Economic Reform

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, says President Bola Tinubu’s efforts at economic reform will fail unless Nigeria’s political...

British Passenger Survives Plane Crash That Claimed 241 Lives, Speaks (Photo)

British Passenger Survives Plane Crash That Claimed 241 Lives, Speaks (Photo)

A British passenger has been confirmed as the sole survivor of a deadly Air India crash that left over 241 people dead. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told...

Federal Civil Service Goes Paperless December

Federal Civil Service Goes Paperless December

The Federal Government has announced that the civil service will become fully paperless by December 2025. Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, made the...

How My Husband, Pastor Killed My 7-Year-Old Son For Money Ritual In Enugu- Wife

Human Skull Recovered From Enugu Church Site Linked To Child Murder Case

In a development in Enugu State, security operatives have discovered a human skull at a church construction site allegedly tied to a suspected ritualist, Prophet Chinedu Solomon Ezedike....

Next Post
FG To Deliver Lagos-Ibadan Expressway May 2022 – NASS

FG To Deliver Lagos-Ibadan Expressway May 2022 – NASS




Related News

Election: INEC Tasks Observer Groups To Adhere To Code Of Conduct

Election: INEC Tasks Observer Groups To Adhere To Code Of Conduct

Economic Downturn: CSOs Insist On Subsidy Removal

Economic Downturn: CSOs Insist On Subsidy Removal

Resident Doctors To Get Attractive Welfare Package

Resident Doctors To Get Attractive Welfare Package




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
advert@nextedition.com.ng
vicki.ibanga@gmail.com

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited