Yobe Pilot Livestock Development Program - YPLDP

As we are approaching Christmas, let's be responsible for the antibiotics and other steroids usage on our animals to be food sources; poultry, goats, fish, cattle, etc.
Antibiotics resistance results from indiscriminate application and not observing withdrawal period before consumption.
Similarly anabolic steroids used in enhancing fattening has negative consequences when withdrawal period is not observed before consuming the animal products.
Wishing all merry Christmas in advance.

I'm glad inform the general public that a substantive Program Manager, PM, was appointed for Yobe Pilot Livestock Development Program - YPLDP in the person of Dr Bulama Maina Yari.
Thanks to the amiable and foresightful Yobe State Executive Governor Hon/Dr Mai Mala Buni, con, for ensuring smooth transition.
Wishing the new PM success in the discharge of the responsibilities ahead.
Urging the staff of YPLDP to give him the necessary support and encouragement too.

FAO in partnership with YPLDP is set to distribute Goats to beneficiaries under the livestock restoration as part of the livelihoods support program. The Goats are undergoing quarantine before distribution to beneficiaries in Fune LGA.

In continued drive for livelihood restoration through livestock restocking programs, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO UN) has distributed Pullets and Goats to vulnerable women in Daya community of Fika LGA and Mashio and Ngelshangele in Fune LGA after the usual Quarantine and Quality Assurance protocol by YPLDP.
Other communities are to benefit after the protocols too.
On behalf of the beneficiaries, YPLDP extends profound appropriation to the FAO.

Congratulations His Excellency the Executive Governor of Yobe State Hon Mai Mala Buni CON, for the establishment of a Ministry of Livestock Development to consolidate the various livestock development programs in the State.
No doubt that the State is blessed with both natural and human resources fitting any agricultural activities especially livestock which serves as voucher safe and guarantor to the teaming agricultural populace in the State.
With a population of over ten million heads of livestock spread across the different geo-ecological areas in the State grazing in the vast land area where some were developed as grazing reserves with fodders, water points facilities and connecting stock routes to and fro both the grazing reserves/areas and the communities as well as strategically located livestock markets. Similarly the high numbers of trained and employed animal health and production professionals are all preparation towards such a giant stride for the development of not only the sector but the State and the nation at large.
Your livestock development programs saw the establishment of livestock development centers across each of the senatorial districts of the State is a further pointer to your dreams to develop the sector. This, you provide improved production and health facilities as well as social amenity in the grazing reserves.
Collaboration with both external and internal donor agencies and partners towards provisions of infrastructure, inputs and capacity development is a further positive effort towards actualization of such a noble objective.
With these and many other projects under your leadership, the pronouncement is just a public validation of what you have been doing for the sector.
No wonder the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA, confers an award to you in her recently concluded, October 2024, annual national Congress held at Jos, Plateau State.
Wishing you success in achieving such a noble objective for the betterment of the citizens at large.
Congratulations once again Sir.
Jummaat Mubarak.

YOBE STATE GOVERNMENT GAVE MOTOR CYCLES TO AGRO-RANGERS AND VIGILANTES
TO BOOSTS SECURITY AMID HARVEST TODAY 11/11/2024

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has presided over a routine State Security Council meeting, emphasising the need to ensure citizens’ safety and protect their property.
The meeting, held at the Government House in Damaturu, brought together heads of security agencies and local government chairmen.
Represented by his Deputy, Idi Barde Gubana, the Governor highlighted the importance of maintaining peace during the harvesting period, particularly with the bumper harvest recorded this season. He urged vigilance to prevent clashes between farmers and herders.
The meeting commended security agencies for their efforts in maintaining law and order, as well as traditional rulers and community leaders for their role in conflict resolution.
To enhance security, the government has procured 15 motorcycles for Agro-rangers and civilian JTF to safeguard farmers and prevent malicious conflicts.
Some of the security measures to be adopted include Intensified Surveillance, Security agencies will increase patrol activities to stop herders’ clashes and other criminal activities.
Community Support; The public is urged to support security agencies and provide necessary information.
Other measures are, enhanced Protection with 15 motorcycles have been provided to Agro-rangers and civilian JTF.
The Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Garba, briefed the press on the meeting’s outcome, assuring that security agencies are committed to maintaining peace in the state.
The meeting was attended by top security officials, including the Emir of Fika and Chairman Yobe State Council of Traditional Rulers, Dr. Muhammad Ibn Abali Muhammad Idrisa.
ACC ISA AHMAD MICHIKA HOU AGRO-RANGERS YOBE STATE COMMAND

Dear farmers, crops and animals farmers,
An appeal to set the foundation for peaceful coexistence:

You may recall that competition over a land for your respective production activities is the major driver of conflicts in every community. Numerous actions of ours contributed to the actualization of such conflicts. These actions are either committed by omission or commission that are equally avoidable and preventable.
To the crops farmers, land clearing is the cornerstone of the farming activities. It's at this point that conflicts foundations are set by deliberately encroaching the defined territory or mapped land areas meant for other purposes; grazing areas and or stock routes.
To the animals farmers, lustful pasture at irrigated farmland is an attractant that leads to encroachment and subsequent conflicts.
Knowing and understanding such dynamics of the conflict is a step forward towards averting the conflicts.
Prevention and mitigation of the conflict is therefore rest on how each party acts at the identified critical time periods of land clearance for crops farming and restraint of the animals at the peak of pasture shortages.
Act now for safe production season by being a responsible and reasonable FARMERS!!!

Resolving and mitigating Farmers - Herders Conflicts at all levels is a cornerstone of ensuring food security.
In light of the above Agro Rangers unit of the NSCDC in collaboration with IPSCC engaged critical stakeholders of the Agricultural sector in a 2 days workshop where issues bordering on Peace building and social cohesion were discussed.
Media stereotyping that escalate the conflicts needs taming as does Cultural norms and security concerns.

Protection of Pastoralist rights to Land and water, Strengthen their economics, Empower and encourage their involvement in dialogue and decision making and invest in essential services provisions will help significantly in curbing conflicts between farmers and herders. Thus need to embrace such actions for attainment of global food security.

Collaboration is aimed at strengthening services delivery in different facets.
ICRC collaborative work leads to vaccination and medication of animals against CBPP and PPR that donation of a deep freezer to support vaccine cold storage facility in Yobe State.
Thank you ICRC 🙏

Silage making demonstration using Nerphia, Stylothensis and centrocema today at the office premises as part of extension on addressing pastures challenge to animal production