The Federal government has been advised to develop more nutrition-rich animal feeds for the Nigerian livestock industry by refining municipal organic wastes such as saw dust, rice chaff and other untapped waste resources.
A Professor of Animal Nutrition/Breeding Genetics, Nnamdi Anigbogu gave the advice on Wednesday while delivering the 67th Inaugural Lecture of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, MOUAU, Umudike, Abia State.
Anigbogu, whose Lecture was titled ‘Crude Harvest Transformation: Waste to Wealth’, said that the country will spend less on foreign animal feeds and also spend less on the management of organic wastes if it develops the rich nutritions found in harvest wastes.
Professor Anigbogu, who recommended that the Federal government should enact a law on the use of municipal waste organic waste as feed, suggested that the government should encourage researchers to form a bioproduction centre for life enzymes.
He noted that if adopted, the Federal and State government would spend less money in the management of organic wastes in cities, as well as increase the chances of better animal production.
According to him, saw dust has 0.1% crude protein but increases to 5% after being refined and treated for animal consumption.
“The government is wasting a lot of money in organic waste management.
“The feed produced from municipal organic wastes are much cheaper. The so-called life enzymes are being made in commercial form in terms of zoo tech fortifier.
“When fed to the turkey, chicken, pig and goat, they perform well”, he stated.
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