Brazil helps increase milk production in Nigeria with girolando: From 2 to 15 liters/cow

Published 2024년 7월 9일

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A collaborative effort between Nigeria's National Agricultural Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Embrapa, and the Brazilian Association of Girolando Breeders is aiming to enhance dairy production in Nigeria by inseminating local cows with semen from the synthetic Brazilian breed girolando. This initiative, part of the Biotechnologies for Sustainable Dairy Production in Africa project, has already seen over 600 cows inseminated, leading to the birth of 250 F1 calves. The long-term goal is to boost milk production from the current average of two liters per day to 10-15 liters by genetically improving local herds. The project also includes genomic analysis of F1 cows, artificial insemination, genome editing, and other biotechnologies, with plans to extend the technology to pastures, feeding, and management. The ultimate goal is to enhance the economic sustainability of small-scale dairy farming in Sub-Saharan Africa, potentially expanding to other African and Middle Eastern countries.
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Dairy producers in Nigeria are inseminating cows of the Nigerian bunaji and gudali breeds with semen from the synthetic Brazilian breed girolando. The work, in partnership with Embrapa, aims to boost milk production in the country, which averages two liters per day per cow. Abdullahi Mustapha, director of Nigeria's National Agricultural Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says that, with the genetic improvement of local herds, Nigerian dairy farming can increase daily production to 10 to 15 liters per cow. “We have already started artificially inseminating Nigerian cattle with Girolando semen from Brazil,” says Mustapha. More than 600 cows were inseminated and, according to Embrapa Gado de Leite (MG) researcher Marcos Vinícius G. B. Silva, 250 F1 calves (half-breed Girolando/Nigerian breed) have already been born. The initial expectation is to carry out 2,000 inseminations on one hundred farms that are part of the project. NABDA's director of genetics, genomics and ...
Source: CanalRural

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