By Victor Adeoti
Paulina Adeniji, a professor of Human Nutrition and Hospitality at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, has decried the neglect of dairy farms in the country.
Adeniji said this while delivering the 12th inaugural lecture of the university on Thursday in Ede.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lecture has as its theme ”Give Us Adequate Food In Due Season: Establishing A Path To Healthy Living”.
The don said that it was a set back that the country do not have enough well established dairy farms to supply ”our needs”.
“The World Health Organisation (WHO), and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) recommended that the total daily protein should be 67 grammes for average Nigerians.
”Of this, 58 per cent, that is 39 grammes should be of animal origin, but survey shows that only 20 grammes (30 per cent) was fulfilled.
”It is a set back that we do not have enough well-established dairy farms in Nigeria to supply our…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
