The head of the Meat Processing Unit at the School of Agriculture at the University of Cape Coast, Dr Julius Hagan has advised livestock farmers to exploit the non-traditional livestock rearing of rabbits and grasscutters as it is still lucrative amid covid-19 pandemic.
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected many aspects of the country’s economy. One key area within the agriculture sector that is struggling to cope with the adverse effect of the pandemic is the livestock business.
Even though the government has introduced a stimulus package to cushion troubling enterprises in the wake of the pandemic, experts in the agribusiness believe that staying innovative and technologically inclined in the face of the pandemic will sustain the sector from collapse.
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Speaking on the topic; Opportunities in livestock rearing amid covid-19 pandemic, Dr Hagan said though the livestock industry has been negatively impacted during this pandemic, “there are still opportunities within the industry that are yet to be tapped.”
Enumerating some of them, Dr Hagan suggested that individuals should adopt a technological approach in the farming business.
“Those in the IT field should create apps that could specify where there is the availability of supply of farmer products to meet the market demand for these products to mitigate the losses incurred by farmers in their production.”
He hinted further that with the non-traditional livestock farming, fewer resources are needed to start it, as “there is no need for the importation of rabbits or grasscutters” as compared to the traditional livestock farming.
Source: Nyodi Pouliwe/ATLFMNEWS
