conclution for cattle farming
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The role of animal breeding in development is highly recognised by the Ugandan
government, which has made it an important component of its Poverty Eradication Action
Plan (PEAP). Unlike other investments, gains made in breeding, though small, are
cumulative and for perpetuity. WELLER (1994) is of the opinion that the costs of these
programmes are generally minimal as compared to the increased income, or efficiency
generated by them.
In Uganda, the dairy industry has proved instrumental in improving the livehoods of
vulnerable groups in society. The groups usually receive in-calf heifers to enable them start
commercial modes of production. Being a high milk producer, the Holstein-Friesian is often
the breed of choice. Its performance in some agro-ecological zones of the country is
satisfactory, but, still, its adaptation is a challenge to reckon with. Improving the environment
instead of its genotype has, for the past 45 years since its introduction, proved
unsustainable. Selection of the breed within the environment its due to perform in, is a
plausible solution. LUSH (1945) asserts that variation is the raw material on which the breeder
works. This raw material exists within the established Holstein-Friesian population as
importation of the breed started some 40 years back, and procurement of its germplasm has
been from all over the world. However, carrying out a breeding programme, as is known in
the developed world, is difficult given the available resources and infrastructure.