Rice Farm • Suggests way forward A former provost of the Kabba College of Agriculture, Kogi State, Dr Akin Olonihuwa, has faulted the Federal Government’s proposed cattle ranch development. The former college administrator said “The ranching, as proposed now, will only create fresh civil servants and politician millionaires without addressing the real issues.” The real issues, he argued, include “The present breeds of cattle in the hands of our herdsmen cannot be ranched profitably as their growth rate is too slow and the milk yield is very poor. We would need to upgrade the breeds first, using artificial insemination or other modern techniques. And this cannot be achieved over night. It will take some years.”Olonihuwa also estimated the preparedness of the government in term of technical expertise to be inadequate. He asked, “Where are the veterinarian doctors and technicians that will handle the attendant parasite and pathogen build-up in ranches? How much training has ...