The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor has recommended ranching as solution to the incessant herdsmen’s attacks in the country.
Ezeokafor who stated this at the Blessed Iwene Tansi’s Catholic Parish, Ebenebe, in Awka North council area of Anambra state, called for a revolution in the system of rearing cattle for livelihood.
He also enjoined Southeastern governors to expose youths in the area to mechanized system of rearing cattle by ranching, saying it would help to restrict Fulani cattle herders’ encroachment into community farmlands.
"Developed countries like Ireland, Israel and Korea with small landmass, adopted ranching in their meat supply. With that improved method, cattle rearing is confined in enclosures which enhances cattle yield in both quality and quantity in meat and milk," he said.
According to the cleric, when Igbo youths use mechanized system of rearing cattle, it would motivate their Fulani/Hausa counterparts to emulate them, stressing that such move would also increase mutual advantages and coexistence between herdsmen and farmers.
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