Ecuador: MAG trains small ranchers in genetic improvement

Small ranchers from the provinces of Pichincha, Bolívar and Esmeraldas participate in the "Workshop on genetic improvement, artificial insemination and management of cattle", which was inaugurated this Wednesday morning at the El Rosario National Center for Genetic Improvement and Production. It is organized by the Undersecretariat of Livestock Production, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). The farmers represent the associations Fe por la Leche, and Ganaderos de Echeandía, who are trained with the aim of improving livestock production and nutrition. For Luis Bolívar Hierro Digard, Vice Minister (S) of Agricultural Productive Development, the important thing about this workshop, which will culminate this Friday, is to be able to transmit technologies so that producers in the field can implement differentiated genetics. “With this knowledge, farmers will be able to introduce genetics from superior animals and transmit them through artificial insemination. We are ...