Genetic improvement of cattle around the globe has been, and will continue to be, an
important driver of animal agriculture sustainability. There are several reproductive and …

The current review examines potential solutions to enhance the sustainability and
productivity of the dairy sector in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with an emphasis on breeding …

In tropical environments, dairy cattle production is constrained by several factors, including
climate. The seasonal loss of milk due to heat stress is a recurring challenge for many dairy …

Tanzania's dairy sector is poorly developed, creating reliance on imports for processed,
value-added dairy products and threatening food security, particularly when supply chains …

We studied influence of distance to urban markets on smallholder dairy farming system
development. Farms were chosen from three locations that varied in distance to the urban …

We use an attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) and simulation modelling to assess the
effect of improved feeding practices and increased yields of feed crops on milk productivity …

Efforts to improve dairy production in smallholder farming systems of East Africa over the
past decade have had limited impact because of the lack of records on performance to guide …

For a sustainable livelihood model of farming under Indian conditions, dairying becomes an
inevitable part along with crop production. Dairy farming has been a continuous source of …

Dairy records from the Dairy Recording Service of Kenya were classified into low, medium
and high production systems based on mean 305‐day milk yield using the K‐means …

Crossbreeding has been used to improve milk production performance of local cattle in the
tropics. Crossbreeding exploits additive and non-additive allele gene effects leading to …