Kenya's Breeding Sector: A study on the knowledge in the Netherlands and capacity needs of inseminators in Nakuru County and Directorate of Veterinary Services

"The need to organize the sector more efficiently is growing by the day," - Bart Pauwels, Agriculture Counselor at the Embassy of the Netherlands, Nairobi. Kenyan Breeding Sector: A Study In order to better understand the breeding sector in Kenya, the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands commissioned a study which was conducted mid-2022 by the Dairy Training Center (DTC) in Oenkerk, The Netherlands. The objective of the study was to identify the knowledge and training needs of the inseminators of Nakuru County as well as those of the Directorate of Veterinary Service staff with the view to ultimately help increase successful inseminations in Kenya. The study targeted respondents from both Kenya and The Netherlands drawn from various breeding sector stakeholders including the Directorate of Veterinary Services, Kenya Veterinary Board, Nakuru County Government, Nakuru County Director of Veterinary Services, county dairy cooperative unions, Agricultural Development Corporation, ...