The Enterprise Development Centre(EDC) of the Pan-Atlantic University and the Global Entrepreneurship Nigeria (GEN) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation
The event brought together major players in the sector and seasoned experts to chart the way forward in the sector that has been laden with many challenges.
Participants agreed that far-reaching policy and action reforms need to take place in the sector to attract both local and international investors.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representative in Nigeria and to ECOWAS, Mr Fred Kafeero, who was the keynote speaker at the event, amplified the need for “strong partnerships to improve productivity in the dairy sector and responding to social and environmental concerns.”
He said though Nigeria has the most dairy potentials in the continent in terms of its population and different climatic zones, the country was burdened by farmers-herders conflicts, poverty, low yield, insecurity, diseases and malnutrition.