Technical Support for Feasibility and Value Chain Analysis of Lagos State Cattle Feedlot Farm Estate - TCP/NIR/3904

Technical Support for Feasibility and Value Chain Analysis of Lagos State Cattle Feedlot Farm Estate - TCP/NIR/3904

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Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8

Publisher FAO ;

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Synopsis (short abstract) Beef is the most popular animal-sourced food for the Nigerian population, with Lagos State recording the largest consumption of red meat in the country. The Lagos beef value chain generates an estimated NGN 250 billion annually. Approximately 8 000 cattle are slaughtered daily in the state’s registered abattoirs. Furthermore, it is estimated that the total number of slaughters may be significantly higher, however these figures cannot be accounted for due to their occurrence in unregistered slaughterhouses. Despite the high consumption of beef in Lagos State, the majority of cattle supplied come from outside the state. A total of 1 873 667 heads of cattle (468 416.75 metric tonnes of beef) are required annually in Lagos State to meet the protein requirements of its population of over 22 million, while local production still lingers at 3 099.75 metric tonnes (12 399 heads of cattle). In recent years, the state’s cattle supply chain has been adversely impacted by industrial strikes by cattle traders, conflicts in the northern part of the country disrupting one of the major cattle supply routes to Lagos, COVID-19 movement restrictions, as well as other sanitary measures. The Lagos State Government (LASG) requested the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to revive the decades-long proposal of establishing the Lagos cattle feedlot farm estate. The initiative is led by private sector actors with government support in allocating land for small, medium and large feedlot operations within the estate. The Government further provides common infrastructure and sanitary services on a cost recovery basis.Since 2021, FAO in Nigeria has been providing technical assistance through the upgrade of strategies to strengthen the coconut value chain in Lagos State. The proposed feedlot project is envisioned to act as an expansion of the FAO Lagos programme portfolio and will seize the opportunities presented by the growing demand in animal-sourced protein to improve the state’slivestock business landscape.

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