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Senegal Dairy Genetics:

Building capacity of young

scientists and stakeholders in dairy

The Senegal Dairy Genetics project is building the capacity of

young scientists from within and outside Africa,

as well as stakeholders in Senegal dairy including

men and women dairy farmers, input service providers,

extension agents, educators and policy makers.

This capacity building will ensure the project’s impact will

continues well beyond the project’s life.

This poster is part of the FoodAfrica Programme, financed as a research collaboration

between the MFA of Finland, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, IFPRI, ILRI, ICRAF,

Bioversity International, University of Helsinki and HAMK University of Applied Sciences

Karen Marshall, Stanly Tebug, Jarmo Juga, Miika Tapio and Ayao Missohou

Local veterinians and animal scientists

have been trained on field data

collection, processing and interpretation

More than 500 men and women

dairy farmers have been trained on

record keeping in dairy, domestic

biogas production and animal feed

preservation

Post-graduate students from six

countries – Senegal, Cameroon, Benin,

Nigeria, Kenya and Finland –

have also received training