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    Coping with feed costs in Nigeria

    Young pig farmers are increasing in number in Nigeria but feed costs are inhibitive of their business growth. How can alternative feed ingredients help to combat the cost of pig nutrition?
    calendar icon 9 August 2019
    clock icon 6 minute read
    By: Efua Konyim Okai
    Africa
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    table of feed ingredients currently included in pig feed in Nigeria in 2019
    Table 1

    Ratio of ingredients currently included in pig feed in Nigeria Today (per 1,000 kg of feed).

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    Efua Konyim Okai

    Efua Konyim Okai, is a Ghana-based economics graduate, and a regular commentator on livestock feed distribution and aquaculture in West Africa.

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