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Improving dairy production in central Nigeria

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Economy Human nutrition Populations

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LiveGAPS

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Cattle Cows

Most milk in central Nigeria is produced by cattle in low input, low yielding systems. Dairy productivity can be increased by using higher yielding breeds & feeding better quality diets.

LiveGAPS (CSIRO) have created a fact sheet summarising the results from their modelling of productivity improving interventions for dairy cattle in central Nigeria.

Header photo: Cattle in West Africa, ILRI (source)

Improving dairy production in central Nigeria

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Livestock & Climate Resilience

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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh International Livestock Research Institute SEBI-Livestock Evidence Synthesis

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Nov 02, 2021

New map reveals livestock’s central role in a climate resilient future

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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh International Livestock Research Institute

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Mon, Aug 16 2021

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Most milk in central Nigeria is produced by cattle in low input, low yielding systems. Dairy productivity can be increased by using higher yielding breeds & feeding better quality diets.

Livestock & Climate Resilience

New map reveals livestock’s central role in a climate resilient future

Summer Session: The global Rangelands Atlas: building the evidence base for better decisions