₦airaland Forum

Yujin:
Then you fulanis of Nigeria should keep to the same route in your territory. You don't give pig farmers free land to rear their pigs... or do you? I know your type very well and I'm well prepared for you.

Sirmwill:
You are thinking backwards please!

In the US, China,and even Argentina:the world's largest producer of meat, they don't have nomadic farming!
It's a backward way to think

Mayflowa:
I was angry when someone attacked you that you will die when you move cattle to the East. Nigerians are becoming intolerant which one another and the scale is becoming alarming. Very soon, I will be writing to National Assembly about tribal bully in Nigerian online space and to set law against it. You can bully race in America and go Scot free.

Nomadic farming practice just have its on own drawbacks as we move into a modern society. Herders children lack basic education. And that has continued some economic and security concerns for everyone’s. Food prices are so high because no one goes to farm anymore in fear of herders attack. These are real issues. We buy petrol and gold in world market price. We can buy beef also. Our chicken price is already more than world market price. Cow is not any cheaper in market even with free 2 yr feed. Cattle with good feeds takes 12 -14 months to maturity. The number of deaths associated with cattle rearing is enough to stop herding!

Yujin:
The level of lies and deceit you guys churn out just to have your way on grabbing people's lands is sickening.
If the far north is truly a desert region, how then do they produce farm produce during the dry season? What is all the Fadama projects sponsored by the Federal government about. All the dams built up in the far north also dry up in the dry season right? You're pathetic.
I'll also want to let you know that we know Niger republic has over twice the number of cattles Nigeria has which means that they are doing better in cattle production than Nigeria especially you lots in the far north. The same dryland of Niger feeds over 40 million cattles but you want to deceive people that your North West and North East can't feed the 18 million cattles in your area. You must think we are dumb.
Geographically, Niger is just north of your own territory and even drier than your own land yet the produce more cattle. This shows that you're a liar and definite up to no good with your false claims about the dryness of the far north of Nigeria.

Ikpunekenwa:
If you people can't buy or lease land like others, then you people should Bleep off with your cows, we can import the cow meat, or source other proteins.

States said they don't want cows destroying their farms and you are here saying trash, why can't you guys do what other citizens are doing.

Anyway, I don't need to talk too Much.

Mindlog:
I wasn't impressed by a student whose Nigerian Governor father was paying £2,500 for monthly accommodation here in Cambridge and splashing money around, when UK's best brains attending University of Cambridge, intellectually hot young professionals working at the Silicon Fen here in Cambridge, which is Europe's biggest tech and innovation hub are not keen on paying such despite being part of the brains churning out innovations, we use.

goaldynboy:
Nonsense!!

Cow is not an essential commodity! If cow becomes too expensive, there are thousands of alternatives!!

Ovacoma:
Human life is more precious than beef! Humans can live without cows' meat!

safarifarms:
I agree that not all herders are troublesome, but the numerous troublesome ones are causing enough havoc. There are drought resistant grasses that can be planted and with the help of a little irrigation they'll do well. I have one of such planted on my farm for feeding my goats so that my goats wont eat other farmers crops. We must not insist on an option that puts other farmers at risk just to satisfy herders. Instead of advocating for my goats to be roaming around and be nuisance to others I've spent extra money to cater for my goats. Herders should do same. They should stop using the cost of production to force others to suffer and cry.

cocolacec:
Southerners dont need Fulani cows,we can rear our own cows for meat,sausages,milk,minced meat,youghurt.Fulanis dont have a monopoly for beef production.Tell your Malo brother to keep the cows for Northern consumption in North west and keep them grazing in Ganduje's ranches in Kano.
Yorubas,Kanuris,Igala,Igbos ,ijaws and other tribes can rear their own cows.

lastmessenger:
seems you are a Fulani man?

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.

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.

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

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?

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?

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.

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.

onuman:
When Obasanjo said: "who will give you his land" (for RUGA, Ranch, etc), he did not mince words.
All over the free world, people in cattle breeding buy their farm, fence it, buy straw to feed their cattle, use artificial insemination to impregnate their cow, milk the cow every morning and every evening, milk collected every morning to milk depots where dairy products are made, and cattle for beef are taken to designated abattoirs for slaughter.

Embrace modernity. Hiding under cattle to export a religion is an outdated formula.

Putinofrussia:
So it is destruction of farm produce (another person's sweat and hope)
and free food for your cows you prefer than doing the global best practice.
Dont you know the number of lives that have been lost because of this stupidity and non regard for human lives?
It is only a wicked soul that will support open grazing which has caused lots of senseless killings and reprisals.

9icetoo:
Your analogy no follow.

Cows who are always being marched from one point to another take longer to fatten.

The broiler chicken matures for consumption with enough meat between 2,1/2 to 3 months. Its free range counterpart takes anywhere from 6 months to one year and will have less meat.

Ranching is the way to go. They should go and learn newer husbandry methods.

Thank you.

Mindlog:
Because they choose to misappropriated funds not the non-availability. While doing my postgraduate studies here in the UK. I had a schoolmate whose father was a Governor of a Northwestern state back home in Nigeria, living large paying about N5M every month as rent for his apartment, drove a top range car which he didn't even need because his apartment was a walking distance to campus and if you were in his circle of friends back then in school, you don hammer because you wouldn't stress yourself hustling part time jobs like other international students because the Governor's son was a spender and easily gave money to his guys, for being around him......so you can imagine how the other children of the Governor will balling wherever they are.

Kogi state struggled to pay minimum wage but we saw the figures, Yahaya bello misappropriated.

Raise your cattle in the North, transport and sell nationwide, they have no business in people's farms.

haffaze777:
spare parts seller and pharmacist didn't pay for their shop? Abi herder are paying for the plant they destroy?

dragunov:
Then you can think of ways to force grass to grow in the North during the dry season. With the trillions pilfered from government coffers by your elites/ cow owners and generated from the criminal business of kidnapping and terrorism perpetrated by your people, you can set up irrigation for grass farming in vast areas of land in the North. That will solve the problem of having to migrate so as to go and cause wanton destruction of lives and properties in the South. If you people don't stop this madness, very soon Fulanis will be an endangered ethnic group in Nigeria. That is guaranteed. Buhari is no longer in charge.