vankaid:

Any good idea that, within all that great ideas, in any way involves cows or herders of Fulani extraction or even any tribe at that being given land ANYWHERE by the government under any guise is not great but a stupid Greek gift and Nigerians know better now.
Shove it up your hole where sun don't shine.
They should first improve our economy with oil before painting eldorado picture of RUGA.

Fuckthamods:

Must cows graze before they can feed? Grazing is so old school and isn't practiced in developed countries. Grazing in 21st century is a joke. Nowadays the grasses are harvested with technology and brought to the ranch.

Fuckthamods:
Business don set
Trust an igbo man

horsepower101:
The thing people dont realize yet is that igbos are already getting into cattle ranching business. I will like to use to use this opportunity to invite a fellow igbo who have been doing this business for years.

Jessam’s Farms in Enugu

MikeBetty:
Primitive Mentality. Those Countries That Produces Cattle For Export, Do They Graze? Chicago And Argentina Are Practical Example. They Practices Ranching. This Your Grazing Mentality Is the Reason Why Fulanis Does Not Embrace Ranching. Google Hydroponic System Of Animal Feeding.

Lightening:


That's why you guys will never be civilized with this reactionary mindset. Ask the Brazilian cattle reareres how many kilometers they trek everyday that enables them produce the best cows in both milk and meat yield.

mikezuruki:
meat go dey expensive when igbos start theirs

sweetonugbu:
I have about 500 hectares just looking for funding

Zikora1000:
the biggest ranches in Zambia are owned by Igbos. Igbos in Nigeria are quiet because they want peace to reign

Fuckthamods:

Lol.. No mind am. Whenever i travel to the east during festive periods i and my brother usually order a big cow. Na igbo men go deliver the cow and slaughter it like chicken in our presence. They think its only fulani that can handle cows. All my life whenever i go to the east i see only the igbo men handle cows in many festive occasions.. They can handle more than 50 cows at a time. The only thing is that the cows are bought from the fulanis.

danjumakolo:




There you go and that was why the fed govt came with the idea of setting up ranches .Grazing which which will make u travel accross the country will be banned.The ruga thing is more or less where the cows will be confined to a specific area such that they dont destroy farmlands.Anyone can venture into it...But in this case some basic infrastructure like grazing reserve,mini vet clinic,mini dam may be provided.
The fed govt has no right to touch any land because it belongs to the state.As such I don't think it's mandatory for all states to adopt it.

400billionman:

Do you have security on your 500 hectares ?

FreeBiafra2018:
The aim of their movement is contradictive .
Any Igbo youth that is not working towards restoration of Biafra is a counterfeit.

Dudeweedlmao:
They've found a way to make money from this thing. This tribe no dey waste time.

Damod88:
I wonder if Nigerians actually have common sense. They sometimes make references to places they have not been as though things work perfectly in those places. You are still likely to find pastoral ethnic groups in almost all the countries of the world, including the developed ones, doing the herding thing. But the difference is that some of these countries have enough grazing land due to rapid urbanization. For instance, Argentina has the pampas which happens to be one of the largest open grasslands in the world ,which was why the country was able to develop its meat and dairy industries. This is also the situation in leading exporters of diary products like New Zealand and Australia. These countries have the advantages of large uninhabited land and weather favourable for the cultivation of alfalfa, the best quality grass for feeding cattle.

No matter the statement from a politically motivated ethnic group, cattle business will still remain the business of the Fulanis for many reasons. The Fulanis have been doing the business for centuries and have in the process become accustomed to the hardships and the techniques required in cattle rearing that it is unimaginable any other tribe will be able to compete with except a Superior technique is introduced.So the statement by the Igbo youths is just to seek attention. Just imagine the survival rate of their cows despite having little or no scientific knowledge. What this means is that they have this traditional techniques of animal husbandry that you and I not born into pastoral culture do not have.

For those who are saying people should go into cattle business are saying it just for the sake of saying it. I Hope they understand it is not a business you can just start like, for instance, opening a shop. It is a business that is demanding in terms of attention and knowledge. It might not be rochet science, but, definitely ,it has its own challenges. It requires research into the varieties of cattle suitable to a given climate zone and also the best quality grass to feed the cows that will be largely immobile. These are things that an average person, not born into pastoral culture and also of little education, will find difficult.

For the Fulanis to be displaced, we need real investors .However, Nigerian business people are not likely to be interested because it takes much longer for any investments in diary business to yield returns.This is in addition to the risks involved because here we are dealing with life. Nigerian business people are more interested in oil, import and politics than in any business which has to do with production because the returns on these businesses are quicker and huge. For those who are saying the Fulanis are going to be put out of business are either ignorant or don't know what they are saying. However, there will be some individuals having few cows in their gardens as they presently do in the south, but they will still not be enough to reduce the monopoly of the fulanis.

The final solution to the persistent herder-farmer crisis will come when Nigeria becomes fully industrialized.Industrialization will create many opportunities for the people, including the Fulanis, leading to many traditional practices and businesses being given up for modern living. Bouyed by the hope of finding better jobs in cities, the fulanis and other ethnic groups will prefer to give up their traditional Businesses for a much better life. This will encourage large scale livestock agriculture that we often see in advanced countries. But this is not going to happen until we become industrialized and advanced in knowledge.

ikelowa:
Igbo youths. Also get ready to sell suya for us. Thanks

Damod88:
I wonder if Nigerians actually have common sense. They sometimes make references to places they have not been as though things work perfectly in those places. You are still likely to find pastoral ethnic groups in almost all the countries of the world, including the developed ones, doing the herding thing. But the difference is that some of these countries have enough grazing land due to rapid urbanization. For instance, Argentina has the pampas which happens to be one of the largest open grasslands in the world ,which was why the country was able to develop its meat and dairy industries. This is also the situation in leading exporters of diary products like New Zealand and Australia. These countries have the advantages of large uninhabited land and weather favourable for the cultivation of alfalfa, the best quality grass for feeding cattle.

No matter the statement from a politically motivated ethnic group, cattle business will still remain the business of the Fulanis for many reasons. The Fulanis have been doing the business for centuries and have in the process become accustomed to the hardships and the techniques required in cattle rearing that it is unimaginable any other tribe will be able to compete with except a Superior technique is introduced.So the statement by the Igbo youths is just to seek attention. Just imagine the survival rate of their cows despite having little or no scientific knowledge. What this means is that they have this traditional techniques of animal husbandry that you and I not born into pastoral culture do not have.

For those who are saying people should go into cattle business are saying it just for the sake of saying it. I Hope they understand it is not a business you can just start like, for instance, opening a shop. It is a business that is demanding in terms of attention and knowledge. It might not be rochet science, but, definitely ,it has its own challenges. It requires research into the varieties of cattle suitable to a given climate zone and also the best quality grass to feed the cows that will be largely immobile. These are things that an average person, not born into pastoral culture and also of little education, will find difficult.

For the Fulanis to be displaced, we need real investors .However, Nigerian business people are not likely to be interested because it takes much longer for any investments in diary business to yield returns.This is in addition to the risks involved because here we are dealing with life. Nigerian business people are more interested in oil, import and politics than in any business which has to do with production because the returns on these businesses are quicker and huge. For those who are saying the Fulanis are going to be put out of business are either ignorant or don't know what they are saying. However, there will be some individuals having few cows in their gardens as they presently do in the south, but they will still not be enough to reduce the monopoly of the fulanis.

The final solution to the persistent herder-farmer crisis will come when Nigeria becomes fully industrialized.Industrialization will create many opportunities for the people, including the Fulanis, leading to many traditional practices and businesses being given up for modern living. Bouyed by the hope of finding better jobs in cities, the fulanis and other ethnic groups will prefer to give up their traditional Businesses for a much better life. This will encourage large scale livestock agriculture that we often see in advanced countries. But this is not going to happen until we become industrialized and advanced in knowledge.

sweetonugbu:
I have about 500 hectares just looking for funding

Glory2DLamb:
Hope you will also learn cow language and set up adequate security against cattle rustling. The business advantages can easily blind many to the fact that they are unwittingly bringing RUGA closer, making it a reality. Go and ask Middlebeltans. Think! Think! ! Think!!!

danjumakolo:
Cattle rearing and grazing is different from animal fattening.You can do animal fattening from 1-10 cows and I can imagine the cost if feeding which will make u loose.And that's y grazing is 1000% times cheaper.
To rear just 200 cows,u need to graze the animals from 10-30Km of bush.
Can the ibo man trek for only 10km to graze cows?

PerfectlyPerfect:

You're still living in ignorance. No modern society rears cattle in pastoral nomadism