Feed enzymes can grow Nigerian poultry producers' profitability

摘要

Nigeria has the potential to be a poultry producer of global significance, but chicken meat production is being held back by a failure to adopt the feed practices of more developed markets.Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest economy and its most populous country, has been best known in recent years for its oil and gas industries which have made up around 97 percent of the country's revenues. Recently, the country has been hittingthe feed media headlines as the industry's big players, notably Nutreco and Cargill, invest heavily in the region.Dr. Plumstead is an associate professor in monogastric nutrition and poultry science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and technical director of Chemunique PTYLTD.