
Improved food and nutritional security from better utilisation of dairy cattle breed-types in Senegal
In certain dairy production systems within Senegal, such as in peri-urban Dakar, the indigenous West African Zebu breeds of cattle (such as the Gobra, Maure and Azaouak) are being crossed with recently introduced dairy breeds from Europe (such as the Holstein-Friesian or Montbeliard), resulting in...