Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- The Kwara State Government, through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), has organised a capacity-building workshop on pasture establishment as part of efforts to reduce farmers-herders conflicts, create jobs and modernise livestock production in the state.

The workshop, held recently in Ilorin, brought together livestock farmers, investors and extension officers, with a focus on promoting large-scale commercial pasture production as an alternative to open grazing.

Speaking at the event, the Kwara L-PRES Project Coordinator, Mr Olusoji Oyawoye, urged stakeholders to embrace pasture establishment as a sustainable and profitable solution to recurring conflicts between farmers and herders. ...