The government is working with stakeholders to validate a national action plan to boost local milk production and reduce the country’s annual $1.5 billion dairy import bill.
The loans are under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).
The project coordinator said the hospitals were established to bring quality veterinary services closer to livestock farmers.
In separate interviews with journalists in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, poultry farmers described rising input costs as a serious threat to productivity.
The commissioner said that mobile veterinary clinics had also been deployed across the 27 LGAs.
Mr Otu also announced a partnership to establish 6,000 hectares of coffee plantations across Odukpani, Akamkpa and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas.
The National Sheep and Goat Development Association of Nigeria has urged the federal government to establish a national livestock feed price monitoring system.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and thunderstorms across the country from Friday to Sunday.
Nigeria will present its one-million-hectare tree crops expansion programme to European cocoa industry leaders and investors in Brussels to attract investment.
AFAN urged the federal government to distribute agricultural inputs early for dry-season farming to boost food security and farmers’ earnings.
