Journal of Fisheries & Livestock Production
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Abstract

The Cattleâ??s Fulaniâ??s Herds maids are involve in the processing of the milk from the udder of an average cow. But the problems they are facing are numerous in which they cannot compete with the commercial milkers and sellers of milk products which they have taken over the market with different technology and branding system. This study was conducted to ascertain constrain the cattleâ??s Fulani herds maid are facing and the implications of such to the livestock development in Nigeria. Field visit were made to the different milking places and were they are selling their products in two area council of the Federal Capital Territory namely Gwagwalada and Kwali to ascertain the constrain. The Finding shows that there are poor marketing systems due to poor in-depth knowledge about packaging, storage system, lacking of preservation techniques and refrigeration system, poor transportation of the milk from the interior villages to the town, poor hygiene practices, the various technology that were lacking in milking the cow, the environment are dirty and poor marketing channel for the distribution and this effect are noted in the poor pricing of the milk and the longevity of the milk and the ability to compete with other market that are into yogurts production and the paper also suggest that training should be organized for them to disseminate different technology of milking processing and government should draft a good policy to favor them in selling their milk products.

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