JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT

The followings were identified as constraints during interaction with livestock farmers/pastoralists groups as well as review of project progress report on livestock production:

1. Low genetic quality of their indigenous breeds of cattle leading to;
2. Low milk yield (0.5 – 1 lit) per cow per day.
3. Low biomass yield resulting in feeds scarcity during the dry season (5 – 6 months)
4. Long calving interval ( 2-3 years)
5. Prolong age before maturity (3 – 4 years)
6. Poor feed conversion efficiency
7. Absence of indigenous knowledge system for improving genetic quality and feed quality
8. Lack of high quality drugs and vaccines and poor disease control methods resulting in high loses from preventable treatable diseases.

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