I have now been travelling through Asia & the rest of the world for many years and through my observations, I would like to give a personal overview of the most common questions and challenges I believe are facing dairy farmers in Vietnam ...
Good reproductive management is one of the key aspects for a good dairy farm. Practically this means that heifers and cows must be inseminated with a high rate of success. But which factors influence this success?
This is a presentation of Raf Somers, Chief Technical Advisor of the Vietnam Belgium Dairy Project, which was presented in the 5th African Dairy Conference and Exhibition 5 - 7 August 2009, Boksburg, South Africa.
This presentation was presented on the 4th African Dairy Conference and Exhibition organised by the Eastern and Southern African Dairy Association (ESADA) in Kenya, Nairobi in August 2008.
To meet a rapid growth of demand for animal products in Vietnam intensification of animal production is indispensable. That is because there are now important socio-economic constraints to increasing animal production in the traditional mixed smallholder systems, although they have been reasonably productive and inherently sustainable.