Determinants of use of breeding technologies in small to medium scale dairy ca5le farms in Senegal Stanly Fon Tebug1, Isabelle Baltenweck1, Elizabeth Jane Poole1, Ayao Missohou2, Patrick Jolly Ngono Ema2, Jarmo Juga3, Miika Tapio4 and Karen Marshall1
1 Interna)onal Livestock Research Ins)tute (ILRI), Kenya 2 Inter-‐State Veterinary School of Dakar, Senegal 3 University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Finland 4 MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Finland
• Milk produc)on in Senegal is dominated by the use of indigenous breeds with low milk produc)on poten)al (around 0.7 – 1.5 litres per cow per day).
• Ar)ficial insemina)on (AI) is being used to create indigenous and exo)c cross-‐bred caVle with higher milk poten)al. • To date, however, the use of AI and cross-‐bred or exo)c caVle remains low.
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In order to scale-‐up adop)on of these technologies, farmers’ socio-‐economic characteris)cs should be carefully considered.
Stanly Fon Tebug [email protected] ● c/o EISMV de Dakar, Box 5077 Dakar, Senegal hVp://senegaldairy.wordpress.com/● www.ilri.org Acknowledgements: FoodAfrica program and the Interna)onal Livestock Research Ins)tute (ILRI)
Funding: Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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The aim of this study is to iden)fy household level characteris)cs that could have influenced the uptake of AI and use of cross-‐bred or exo)c caVle breeds in the last 5 years.
• Baseline survey data collected as part of larger research project ‘Senegal Dairy Gene)cs’ was used.
• Separate logis)c regression analyses were performed to iden)fy poten)al characteris)cs.
• A backwards elimina)on method was used to iden)fy significant variables (P<0.05).
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• The main drivers of AI service usage and cross-‐bred or exo)c caVle rearing were farmers’ cultural values and wealth.
• Educa)on, labour availability, herd size and experience did not affect use of AI or cross-‐bred or exo)c caVle breed rearing.
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