Chief Audu Ogbeh |
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(FMARD) will soon in partnership with about ten states of the federation embark
on artificial insemination training for select cattle breeders. Food Farm News recently finds out.
A source in the FMARD told Food Farm News that about ten cattle breeders each from about ten
(10) states would soon be trained on the use of artificial insemination to
upgrade the genetic potential of our indigenous cow using proven exotic breed
to inseminate female cattle without the presence of the male counterpart.
Although no specific date was mentioned for the training other than very soon.
It was revealed
that the training was under the cattle breed improvement programme of the
Federal Government (FG), and it was supposed to have taken place before now if
not for the lack of fund in the ministry as very few insemination kits have
been bought by the FMARD that will be given to the trainers for use after the
training.
The state government according to our source are expected
to partner in the provision of more logistics that would ensure proactive
result of the programme being the major beneficiary saying that Chief Audu
Ogbeh has already inspected the kits that will be given free to the trainers,
but pointed that the FMARD is expecting the support of states in the provision
for more insemination kits so as to be able go round the participants.
Other needed equipment
is motto cycles that will enhance easy movement of cattle breeders from one
cattle cluster to another within each state of operation.
Finding revealed that the essence of this training
according to our source is to boost genetic potential of our cattle towards
productivity in terms of meat and milk for further processing for consumption
as 10 cattle breeders from about 10 states that have shown partnership
intention with FMARD will soon be trained on the use of artificial insemination
kits for female cattle without the presence of the male.
Some of the states according to our source include Adamawa, Niger, Oyo, Kebbi, Gombe, FCT, Kaduna, and three others adding that the states are expected to give further
logistic support that would ensure the success of the programme in their state.
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