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Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, a foremost agribusiness in the country, has supported the Nigerian First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu's launch of the South-west Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Women Agricultural Support Programme and Flag-off of the 2024 Ogun State Planting Season with One Thousand (1000) 5 weeks old Noiler Birds for 100 women as part of its efforts at empowering rural women and boosting food security in the region.
Also provided were 12.5kg of Amo Byng Grower Pellet, as
start-up packs for small poultry farming, and a pack of Divertamin, a
combination of essential nutrients for the Noiler Birds to attain optimum
growth and production, for each of the beneficiaries.
The Noiler Birds were presented to the Ogun State
Government at the unveiling of the RHI South-west scheme in Abeokuta, Ogun
State, on Tuesday, 17th April 2024, by Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu,
where Governor Dapo Biodun of Ogun State asserted that Amo Farm's partnership
with the state in promoting agriculture through empowerment initiative is very
much commendable.
On his part, Amo Farm's Group Managing Director, Dr.
Ayoola Oduntan, who was present at the event, affirmed that the support for the
RHI in the South-west was part of the company's commitment to ensuring women's
involvement in agribusiness through Noiler farming, for food security, poverty
eradication and provision of animal protein to curb malnutrition.
According to Amo Farm's Group Managing Director, Dr.
Ayoola Oduntan, who was present at the event, the support for the RHI in the
South-west was part of the company's commitment to ensuring women's involvement
in agribusiness for food sustainability, wealth creation, and animal protein
for improved well-being.
Impressively, the Noiler Bird innovation and Amo Farm's
poverty reduction scheme have been extensively documented and reviewed in the
prestigious Harvard Business Review publication.
Launched in 2014 after several years of research and
development through a selective breeding process, Noiler is a source of protein
and a dual-purpose chicken breed that is similar in looks and taste to the
native chicken, but is resistant to diseases, and produces four times more eggs
and three times more meat.
It was developed to create a revolution in rural poultry
(production) that will increase productivity and income for rural women and
empower them through job creation, to transform access of poor households to
source animal protein in Africa, while boosting the availability of food in the
country and on the African continent, thereby solving the problem of
malnutrition.
Like its eggs which are very nutritious for all age
demographics, the Noiler's meat contains all essential amino acids and is low
in saturated fats and cholesterol.
Present at the event were First Ladies of the Southwest
States, among others from across the country, as well as royal fathers and
other important dignitaries.
In her remark, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who is the
National Chairperson of the RHI, said the scheme with the theme "Making
Life Better for Families," launched in February 2024, is aimed at
motivating women in all spheres of endeavors, and in agriculture for productive
impact, in line with the Federal Government's food security programme.
She affirmed that grants of N500,000 (Five Hundred
Thousand Naira) would be given to 20 women each in the agrarian sector,
fishing, and animal husbandry from each state of the Southwest, as 100 persons
with disabilities smiled home with N100,000 each from the event.
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