Sustainability of dairy cattle breeding systems utilising artificial insemination in less developed countries - examples of problems and prospects

ICAR Technical Series No 3 In the last two decades total milk production has almost doubled while the heads of cattle have increased by 28 percent in developing countries (FAO, 1999). There is a large variation among regions. The Far East region shows the sharpest production increase, also per capita, while Africa and the Near East show the largest increase in heads of cattle but a continuous decrease in per capita supply of milk. Thus, improved milk production is very important in many of the lesser-developed countries.