Food security: PAN partners WPSA

The Poultry Association of Nigeria has partnered World’s Poultry Science Association to tackle food shortage in the country through the use of technology to aid the production of livestock.
National President, PAN, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, explained that the partnership was to ensure that poultry business in Nigeria was also technology-driven like its counterparts in other developing and developed nations.
“We have organised poultry summit for practitioners to strategise and ensure Nigeria join the league of technology-driven industry. Scientists are now working in arm’s length with operators to change the face of our industry. We have decided to change the perception and productivity of the industry by bringing WPSA on board, which is a more scientific, technical and theoretical, to harmonise with PAN that is made up of actual practitioners.
“We are believing that this relationship will lead to new scientific discoveries that will be of relevance to our industry and the creation of the transfer of knowledge between the poultry industry and the world of science at large,” he said.
Highlighting the potentials waiting to be tapped by investors, Oduntan said that Nigeria had become the Number One producer of eggs in Africa and that alone, had opened other investment channels for more
investors.
“We need to develop the industry as other nations are technically driven. For instance, we hope to get to the stage where we can manufacture powdered egg in the near
future.
“With the efforts of the government and poultry associations, we are gradually seeing a turn-around. Government should drive the poultry sub-sector as a business that can generate additional income into its coffers,”
he added.
The National President, WPSA, Nigeria branch, Prof. Adeyinka Odunsi, assured poultry farmers that university scholars were set to boost their production by providing necessary scientific assistance.
“We have started conducting researches to advance knowledge and understanding of all aspects of poultry science and the poultry industry,” he said