Rabbit Farming Offers ‘Silent Wealth’ For Nigerians – NGO

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the All Rabbit Breeders Development Forum (ARBADEF), has described rabbit farming arsenic a viable pathway to wealthiness instauration for Nigerians.

Speaking during a two-day capacity-building grooming successful Abuja, the FCT chairperson of ARBADEF, Mrs Lois Auta, highlighted the increasing economical opportunities successful rabbit farming and its imaginable to amended livelihoods.

Auta said the training, themed, “Silent Wealth: Why Smart Nigerians Are Turning to Rabbit”, was designed to tackle nutrient insecurity and beforehand younker and household empowerment.

“Beyond the lectures, the grooming provided a level for participants to connect, speech ideas, and physique beardown collaborations wrong the rabbit breeding community,” she said.

She added that participants were being equipped with the skills and cognition to pat into the rabbit farming worth chain.

“The awesome turnout, the extent of discussion, and the excitement among participants bespeak the increasing involvement successful rabbit farming,” Auta said.

She explained that with modern farming techniques and entree to markets, rabbit farmers could make important income and amended their modular of living, particularly successful agrarian communities.

An agribusiness adept and rabbit husbandman from Niger State, Mr Ismail Yekini, was 1 of the facilitators.

He said helium presently manages much than 1,500 rabbits and aimed to summation his banal to 3,000 earlier the extremity of the year.

“The extremity is to bid youths, women, and retirees to span the gaps successful unemployment and nutrient insecurity portion creating income-generating opportunities,” Yekini said.

Also, a rabbit breeding and nutrition specialist, Mr Abdulrauf Olamilekan, said the grooming was designed to supply indispensable cognition for aspiring rabbit farmers.

“With the cognition shared, they volition beryllium well-positioned to succeed,” helium said, adding that his Body Breach Farm presently houses 200 rabbits.

One of the participants, Mr Sego Agidion, described the grooming arsenic an eye-opener.

“Rabbit farming is simply a silent, wealth-making business. With arsenic small arsenic N20,000, you tin commencement with 2 rabbits and a cage.

“This grooming has motivated maine to motorboat my ain rabbit workplace soon,” helium said. (NAN)