Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery and the Edo State Government have formed an alliance to empower women in the state as the company launched its Amo Noiler Initiative.
The Amo Noiler Initiative, a rural development endeavour, is designed to improve the quality of life of rural people in Nigeria, especially women, by enhancing their employment and income opportunities. Chief Executive Officer, AFSH, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, explained that Amo Noiler is multi-coloured dual purpose breed-cross chicks, suitable for backyard rearing.
According to him, the breeder stocks had been well vaccinated and maintained under stringent bio-security to produce a chick with good livability and excellent performance.
“The offspring will have a good disease-resistance, like a native chicken, and the fast growing character of the bird helps in less brooding efforts, less fat, tasty and higher meat yield, compared to native birds.
The meat is tougher than the commercial broiler meat and they are reared with no antibiotics and chemicals, as they can be transformed into ‘organic chicken’,” he said.
Wife of the Edo State governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, explained that the milestone provided another opportunity to re-emphasise the need to dismantle the barrier preventing women from realising their potentials.
