Livestock science will benefit sub-Saharan Africa

Seed Daily via SPX: Africa will benefit greatly from advances in livestock science that will benefit the animals and the people they provide with high quality protein, said scientists here Sunday. Panelists addressed the hopes and challenges of modernizing livestock production in Sub-Saharan Africa during the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C.

"We explored how implementing new technologies will benefit society," said University of Idaho animal scientist Rod Hill. He studies physiology in cattle, focusing on topics including feed use efficiency and muscle development. "The issue is," Hill said, "how do we get them to work best for mankind and benefit societies in Africa."

..."We wanted to look at how new technologies are changing how we raise livestock," Hill said, "And how do we get them to work to best advantage for the benefit of mankind and societies ranging from developing communities in Africa to highly developed ones in the United States."...

N'Dama cattle in West Africa. The round marks are brands. Shot by ILRI, Wikimedia Commons via Flickr, under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license