To facilitate livestock improvement in developing countries, records on animal populations
and their various productivity levels are important. However, in these countries, livestock …

The role that genetic diversity in animal genetic resources (AnGR) plays in mitigating the
effects of climate change on the global protein supply is of the utmost significance. East …

Development of the livestock industry and its role in poverty alleviation in developing
countries depends on how adaptive the production systems are to changing global …

Improving smallholder dairy farming in Africa JMK Ojango, R. Mrode, AM Okeyo,
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; JEO Rege, Emerge-Africa, Kenya; …

The use of imported semen within the Holstein-Friesian cattle population in Kenya has
contributed to increased milk production per cow, however, information on how this has …

Using the case of the dairy sector in Kenya, this report illustrates how intensification takes
shape within a given context–a context with various opportunities and constraints within …

This paper describes, for smallholder dairying in the central highlands of Kenya, the sources
of foundation stock, farmers' breed preferences and breeding practices for the major dairy …

Smallholder dairy farmers aim to maximize the proportion of potentially high milk yielding
dairy genotypes in their herds as a breeding strategy to increase milk production for home …

Executive summary Artificial Insemination (AI) technology has, over the years, been the
single most important tool in transforming dairy cattle populations around the world …