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| L-r: Brown, Chin, Marshall, Eubanks, Honore, Williams, Udoh |
Baton
Rouge, LA – Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, US Army (Retired) met with officials at
Southern University Ag Center on Tuesday, September 17 to talk about
working with small farmers in Nigeria
in the area of milk and vegetable production. The General suggested a number of
models that could work in Nigeria including a sustainable career model which
involves establishing cooperatives. He was contacted by a small business
seeking technical assistance and training to boost production. The initial meeting consisted of Leodrey
Williams, Chancellor; Adell Brown, executive vice chancellor and vice
chancellor for research; Gina E. Eubanks, vice chancellor for extension; Kit
Chin, professor of plant science; Renita Marshall, associate professor of
animal science; Oscar Udoh, coordinator for planning and evaluation; and Bridget
Udoh, communications specialist.
Honoré said he came to the SU Ag Center because
he knows that we work with small farmers in Louisiana with expertise in
vegetable production and community gardening, and will put together a sustainable
plan that the Nigerian small farmers can adopt. He also suggested that the
Center looks into expanding its goat production in light of the “food renaissance”
in the country with changing demographics and high demand for goat meat. Goats can
also be used to keep landscape clean while producing meat to ethnic
restaurants.
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Contact:
Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
bridget_udoh@suagcenter.com
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