The demand for milk and milk products is increasing from time to time in Ethiopia and world in general.

The main constraints of the sector are:

low production potential animal breeds,

disease

infrastructure problem, and

poor heat detection

unskilled AI technicians, and

some logistic problems

It is still possible to improve the reproductive performance of dairy herd using efficient heat detection,

Match feed available season with cattle breeding so as Decrease calf mortality

Timed milk production

Gantafshumin kebeles/Tabias:

Buket,

Dibla,

Sasunand

mesanu and

Klteablalo in kebeles/Tabias

Genfel,

A/sandeded,

Metseko, and

Maymesan

Second Phaseof- Woredas

TahtayMaichew

LaelayMaichew

Adwa

dairy belt area of the region or vicinity to urban and per urban for milk market (Mekelle – Wukro- Adigrat)

Market opportunity in present and near feature

Access to the main road

Cattle population

Animal Body condition

Season, puberty, age, lactation, gestation

Ready to adopt technology

Can transfer the technology to others

Local

Crossed

HF

Animal body condition range 4-7

from all age group and parity.

too old and highest parity are rejected

Must not have a history of birth difficulty

luteal

follicular phases of the estrous cycle.

PGF2∞is given in the proestrus stage (estrus 6-30h, metaestrus 3-5d, diestrus 12d, proestrus)

PGF2∞ shorten estrus cycle by 12 days.

Therefore, PG will only work to regress the CL from days 5 to 17 of the estrous cycle

Most of the animals that took two dose of semen were inseminated 48hr after the hormone

First insemination was 48hr after treatment

Training to Technicians, Hormone and sexed semen

Committed and dedicated team

Efficient IA technicians (fromTARI, Wukro and Adigrat)

Interested Farmers/ Woreda Administrators to adopt the technolgy

Adikisanded (KiliteAwlaelo) and GantaAfeshum

Makes it laborous

Mainly on selecting participant farmer and heifers fitted to our selecting criteria was laborious.

Luck of follow up and heat detection by some

Poor body condition animals

Luck of Integration b/n the regional team and technical team at the beginning

6 pregnant cows abort due to the hormone treatment.

Out of the total synchronized animals 15 were off after hormonal injection

E.g. Metseko,Gemad of KiliteAwelaelo

Live Eucalyptus trees were used

Slow or total failure to purchase equipments

Ear tag applicator

Delay b/n selection and synchronization

Farmers are inpatient to keep their animals longer than 20 days after selection

Lowland areas- for breeding

Highland areas for Beef cattle and heifers rearing