Titus Toet a dairy farmer from Molo has for the last three years grappled with one of his heifers which cannot hold pregnancy. The farmer having implanted semen into the heifer for several periods is now disappointed by the inability of the cow to conceive and has vowed not to spend any extra money in …
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Using a solar milk pasteurizer, smallholder farmers seeking to minimize milk losses along the marketing chain especially in the arid and semi-arid lands has been developed by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization. The new technology will help milk farmers and business vendors prolong the shelf life of milk and hence improve market- ability …
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Farmers in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands are able to raise milk production with lower inputs by shifting from cattle to camel and goat farming. The report outlined that increasing goat and camel populations by 14 per cent (7.7 million) and 10 per cent (1.2 million), respectively while reducing the dairy cattle population by 24 per …
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Dairy farmers in Uganda benefit from an improved milk booster feed that doubles milk production and is pocket friendly largely due to the use of locally available materials like molasses and maize bran. The new milk booster is an end product of combined efforts by a team of researchers from Makerere University led by Dr. …
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A lawyer cum agro-entrepreneur is banking on the nutritious value and uniqueness of camel milk from other ruminant’s milk, builds WhiteGold, a camel milk processing factory in Nanyuki which has since offered market for over 20 farmers in the area. Jama Warsame who is a holder of bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Georgia …
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Farmers rearing bulls to serve cows make loses of more than Sh30,000 per year in maintenance expenses, as oppose to those using artificial insemination. Whilst the maintenance cost for the bull can surpass Sh30,000 per year, AI requires between Sh700 and Sh1,500 to serve a cow over the same period. Nyamira County farmer Patrick Chuma …
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