Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative

Type Extent
(Ha)
Dairy
production
Beef
production
Sheep and
Goats
(Shoats)
Poultry Data not
availabl
e
% of
total
district
area
4669 5 upper and
middle
zones
4644 5 lower
zones
4644 5 all over
the district
but
concentrat
ed in
Lower
Data
not
availabl
e
Location Livestock
products
zones
District
wide
-Milk
-Meat from
culls
41
Current
production
level
Status
Potential
production
level
6 lts/cow/day 10
lts/cow/day
Challenges Proposed
interventio
ns
-Decrease in
land size
-Low
management
levels
-Uncontrolled
market for
milk
-High cost of
feeds and
supplements
-Disease
outbreaks
-Reduced soil
fertility
Meat - - -Poor grazing
management
-Lack of good
breeds
-Disease
outbreaks
-reduced land
fertility due to
soil erosion
-Meat
-Milk (dairy
goats)
-Meat
-Eggs
- - -Poor
management
-Poor breeds
-Disease
outbreaks
240eggs/birdexotic
-60 eggs/birdlocal
280-300
eggs/birdexotic
-90
eggs/bird
-poor
management
-High cost of
feeds and other
inputs
-Unresponsive
market
-Disease
outbreaks
-Farm
planning
-Farmers
training
-Intensify
vaccination
of animals
-Value
adding of
milk
products
-
Introduction
of high
yielding
pastures
-Soil
management
-
Introduction
of superior
breeds
-vaccination
to control
diseases
-establish
pasture and
fodder trees
-Training
farmers on
soil
management
, farm
planning and
stocking
rates
-Training
-
Vaccination
s
-Training of
producers
-disease
control
through
vaccination