Category: Genetic Improvement

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30-Apr-2021

Village-Based Artificial Insemination Technicians as a Privatized Service

Over the years, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has rendered artificial insemination (AI) services in cooperation with local government units (LGUs). However, the limited number of AI technicians directly assigned to serve farmers in the villages has constrained the extent of delivering this AI service, not to mention the lack of support from some LGUs to carry out AI activities. The national AI coverage has not gone beyond five percent of the total breedable female carabaos and cattle (Cruz, 2007).