malali:
Potential Impact on Beef Prices
Implementing large-scale ranching could significantly increase the cost of beef due to the high expenses associated with establishing and maintaining ranches.These would make Nigerian cows too expensive for purchase as cows from Niger and other neighboring countries practicing open grazing will be cheaper in the open market.

Suggested Practical Solutions
Designated Grazing Areas: Allocate specific areas for grazing to prevent clashes while allowing pastoralists to continue traditional herding methods.
Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Establish local committees to mediate disputes between farmers and herders, promoting peaceful coexistence.
Cooperative Farming: Encourage farmers and herders to form cooperatives, sharing resources and knowledge to improve productivity and harmony.
Community-Based Animal Health Services: Provide mobile veterinary services to support herders, reducing the need for long migrations and potential conflicts.
These solutions aim to be cost-effective and fair to both cattle herders and farmers, ensuring sustainable practices and reducing conflicts.

The Southeast is allowed to ply their trade and open spare parts shop in katsina
The Southwest is holding Aso-rock Office in Abuja
The South-south is FCT Minister in Abuja
[b]Why cant the northern Fulani man feed his cow in the south ?
Lets be tolerant and restructure cattle grazing to accommodate everybody.[/b]

malali:


I hope you learnt how to be rich from your schoolmate so that your own child doesn't tell poverty tales like this on nairaland in the future.
On a serious note misappropriation is a national pandemic in Nigeria.
However being wealthy is not a crime, we should differentiate the two.
I am Nigerian and i don't have any cattle. The forum is brainstorming for viable solutions not a forum for ethnic vilification or where poverty is publicized or celebrated.

safarifarms:

Ordinarily no one hates herders, if they do, it won't be just because they are herders or they attend to cows. The problem is that they cause too much trouble. They deliberately feed their cows on farmers crops, they attack farmers and often rape women they find in the bushes. You guys should not only be concerned about feeding your cows. The cows are not more important than the inhabitants of the south. If they were to just feed their cows on grasses without destruction of farms and harassment of people, I don't see why people will have problem with them.

I'm typing this as a farmer in the south who has had a little experience with these people. They used to bring their cows to feed on peoples crops in my farm area at night until they banned them from moving about with their cows at night.

NSNO:
Anyone against this bill is an enemy of Nigeria. Of course the bill needs tinkering but the premise is sound.

SAY NO TO OPEN GRAZING

malali:
Removing the Beef subsidy

Potential Impact on Beef Prices
Implementing large-scale ranching could significantly increase the cost of beef due to the high expenses associated with establishing and maintaining ranches.These would make Nigerian cows too expensive for purchase as cows from Niger and other neighboring countries practicing open grazing will be cheaper in the open market.

Suggested Practical Solutions
Designated Grazing Areas: Allocate specific areas for grazing to prevent clashes while allowing pastoralists to continue traditional herding methods.
Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Establish local committees to mediate disputes between farmers and herders, promoting peaceful coexistence.
Cooperative Farming: Encourage farmers and herders to form cooperatives, sharing resources and knowledge to improve productivity and harmony.
Community-Based Animal Health Services: Provide mobile veterinary services to support herders, reducing the need for long migrations and potential conflicts.
These solutions aim to be cost-effective and fair to both cattle herders and farmers, ensuring sustainable practices and reducing conflicts.

The Southeast is allowed to ply their trade and open spare parts shop in katsina
The Southwest is holding Aso-rock Office in Abuja
The South-south is FCT Minister in Abuja
Why cant the northern Fulani man feed his cow in the south ?
Lets be tolerant and restructure designated cattle grazing areas in every state to accommodate everybody.

malali:


What about restructure grazing designated areas, away from farmlands ?
Do you have beef with beef ?
Be honest.

Mindlog:


I don't need to learn "how to be rich", my skillsets assures me of living comfortable in any part of world, I don't have to be a politician in Nigeria for my young ones to have a secured future, they are already living it,

Cow rearing is a personal business, even though I don't eat beef, other people's crop farms should not be subsidizing their costs of running their cattle rearing business,

If it is too expensive to ranch, they can stop the business as it is not charity.

malali:


Thank sir you for your comment
Alcohol sale is religious,has nothing to do with the this conversation. In the USA, a lot of "dry counties" dont sell alcohol as well. (Educate yourself if you are not aware)
Ranching would come at prohibitive cost to the average Fulani man, especially in a country where even humans cannot feed adequately due to inflationary government policies.
No deception nor hypocrisy, I am saying Nigerians should be free for all Nigerians to live and practice their trade. Whether you sell drugs as a pharmacist,or spare parts or a Fulani herder or a politician.

malali:


Thanks for your input ?
What do you think about feeding a cow in one spot instead of grazing ?
Will it affect the cost of beef ?

Putinofrussia:

Nobody has beef with beef.
Hope you are very educated and you know that most global best practices of things are the safest and best.
Read up about other nations especially the advanced ones like USA,they have had problems with herders too but the almost perfect solution they eventually accepted is this ranching system you are against.
Dont you cringe when a life is lost unjustly the way your people kill farmers who have sweated day in day out on their farms just for cows to just destroy their sweat in an hour or so?

malali:


Lol, Ganduje is a politician...believe him at your risk.
Reason why cattle herders move southwards is because grass doesn't grow in the north during dry season
Ganduje was just looking for a way to milk the government treasury. If you had financed him to set up a ranch he will have pocketed billions of dollars.

safarifarms:

I'm not sure why it should affect the cost of beef. Perhaps you will say the initial cost of ranch setup would be high and limit the number of people who can start.

But let me also ask you, what do you think about the number of lives lost daily due to herders/farmers clashes in the South?
What do you think about the cost of crops as crops are constantly being destroyed by cows? Is the cost of crop production affected by destruction of farm crops?

Ameboperoo:

I quote you so you can see this scenario.
I am an indigene of a middle belt state and a farmer but I have to run for my life from my own state after several years of destruction of my farm on my own family land and on rented land.
If you are being sent away from your state by "foreigners" because they have to do their own business, what does the constitution say about that? Please respond

malali:


Our local breeds are more disease resistant
If you use $100 to produce $150 of beef
Compared to using $20 to produce $120 of beef and selling cheaper beef to Nigerians.
Which is better ?

malali:
Removing the Beef subsidy


The Southeast is allowed to ply their trade and open spare parts shop in katsina
The Southwest is holding Aso-rock Office in Abuja
The South-south is FCT Minister in Abuja
[b]Why cant the northern Fulani man feed his cow in the south ?
Lets be tolerant and restructure designated cattle grazing areas in every state to accommodate everybody.[/b]

swagana:


Fulani herdsmen has been grazing their cows on people's farms and using this method of primitive cattle rearing method to commit all sorts of crimes against the people it must stop.The spare parts dealers rent shops and do their legit transaction within their shops not inside peoples homes.

malali:


[b]There is something called conflict resolution.
If you junior brother kills your older brother during a fight
Will you kill your junior brother ?[/b]

malali:


Thanks for your comment. I strongly condemn the behavior of this crazy Fulani herders.
I am proposing structured designated grazing areas away from farmlands.
Its going to be trickery but it will keep the price of beef stable.
If we only market ranched beef a lot of people will suffer protein malnutrition, especially the young and elderly population.

Blue3k:


Nobody asked you to change breeds of cattle. Lol the notion the herders are that profitable is hilarious. If you're making so much profit, then a ranch shouldn't hurt that much. It's one big upfront cost. If they are profitable like you're suggesting they shouldn't be hungry like you stressed to be earlier.

malali:


Thats why i proposed restructured designated grazing routes....did you read my post completely ?

malali:


There are good fulani herders fyi, not all are bad.
Your solution is like saying, since unknown gunmen are from the southeast.
No igbo man should be allowed in Lagos !!
How do we know he is not an unknown gunman.
He will come to lagos under the guise of trading and kill people.

The Southeast is allowed to ply their trade and open spare parts shop in katsina
The Southwest is holding Aso-rock Office in Abuja
The South-south is FCT Minister in Abuja
Why cant the northern Fulani man feed his cow in the south ?
Lets be tolerant and restructure cattle grazing to accommodate everybody.

malali:


Thanks for your comment. I strongly condemn the behavior of this crazy Fulani herders.
I am proposing structured designated grazing areas away from farmlands.
Its going to be trickery but it will keep the price of beef stable.
If we only market ranched beef a lot of people will suffer protein malnutrition, especially the young and elderly population.

malali:


Feeding a cow for 2 years is not upfront cost ?
Do not trivialize the capital intensity.
I still think designated grazing routes away from farmlands are a more feasible option.

lastmessenger:
seems you are a Fulani man?

dragunov:


There are other less expensive sources of animal protein out there. It's not by force to eat beef.

malali:


I appreciate your points but if beef prices went up 4 times their current rates. Nigerians will be completely locked out of eating adequate protein.I also want a solution, but lets find a viable inexpensive solution akin to our own environment.
Telling every herder to ranch is like telling every Nigerian to buy electric car because petrol is now too expensive.

malali:


I am appalled and devastated when a life is lost,I am intellectually aware on worldwide farming practices.
I am not against ranching. I however see the removal of beef subsidy.
We clamored for oil subsidy removal, we clamored for floating the forex......where are we today.
Now people who have zero idea about raising beef are clamoring for beef subsidy removal.
I will be 100% honest we cannot afford ranching. Its capital intensive and the margins will be smaller
I still think structured designated grazing areas is the way to go.

malali:


I am advocating for Grazing boundaries or restructured grazing.