Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has budgeted N9.2million to purchase five pure breeds of Friesian bulls to boost animal insemination at Kadawa Insemination Center.
Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, KSADP Coordinator, who made this known through the project Communication Specialist, Ameen Yassar, said that the contract was awarded to Hamjik Agric Plus Limited.
Garba-Muhammad in a statement on Friday in Kano said, “Friesian cattle produce large quantity of milk and their male calves can also be fattened to produce good quality beef.
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“You may be aware that Kano has two Animal Insemination Centres, one in Kadawa and the other one in Makoda.
“Our project will equip and operationalize the one at Kadawa to enable it to inseminate 25,000 cows per annum, beginning from this year. That is why we are providing the bulls,” he said.
He stated that Artificial Insemination (AI) was an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) explored universally to deposit or store semen directly into a cow or heifer’s uterus.“Our project will equip and operationalize the one at Kadawa to enable it to inseminate 25,000 cows per annum, beginning from this year. That is why we are providing the bulls,” he said.
Garba-Muhammad said this had numerous benefits over natural mating, which included reducing segxwally transmitted diseases among cattle and improving genetic quality of livestock.
According to him, the insemination strategy would also go a long way in improving the livelihoods of pastoralists and cattle breeders, considering the increasing need for dairy products and beef in the state and the country at large.
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“This initiative is part of the project’s objective to contribute to improving food and nutrition security as well as reducing poverty in the state,” he said.
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