President William Ruto has introduced that the federal government is ready to scale back the value of sexed semen—processed semen that permits farmers to get offspring of the specified intercourse—starting subsequent month.
Speaking in Meru on Saturday, June 22, the top of state mentioned that the Ministry of Agriculture will cut back the value of this commodity from Ksh2,900 to Ksh1,000.
Sexed semen, also referred to as gender-sorted semen, is a specialised sort of synthetic insemination that accommodates a better proportion of both X-chromosome-bearing sperm (feminine) or Y-chromosome-bearing sperm (male) and permits farmers to pick out the gender of the calf.
In Kenya, a farmer can entry sexed semen from distributors such because the Kenya Animal Genetic Resources Centre (KAGRC).
President William Ruto main a livestock vaccination train in the course of the flagging off the National Livestock Restocking Programme at Bula Barwaqo, Wajir on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
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According to the National Library of Medicine, farmers who leverage sexed semen can anticipate enhanced farm yields and profitability.
Ruto, who confused the necessity for farmers to embrace the sexed semen applied sciences, mentioned that the transfer will play a pivotal function in boosting the agricultural sector.
“Starting in July subsequent Month, we’re lowering the value of sexed semen to Ksh1000. I do not wish to hear {that a} farmer has been overcharged,” the president mentioned.
“This will be sure that when farmers serve their animals the seed, they’re positive that the calf might be of high quality. My plan is to make sure that we enhance agricultural yields by milk. Some farmers have been complaining in regards to the excessive costs, however now you will have the probability to transition from a budget seeds that typically result in guesswork to sexed semen, which ensures you high quality produce,” he added.
It is just not the primary time the president has referred to as for a discount within the value of this commodity. Last yr, in his speech on the 61st Madaraka Day, on Saturday, June 1, the President ordered the price of sexed semen to be lowered from Ksh8,000 to Ksh3,000.
Speaking in Masinde Muliro Stadium in Bungoma, the president asserted that the transfer might be elementary in selling home and worldwide commerce.
“I’ve directed that the price of sexed semen be lowered from Ksh8,000 to below Ksh3,000,” Ruto mentioned.
On the opposite hand, the top of state has additional directed the Ministry of Agriculture to kickstart a nationwide vaccination marketing campaign concentrating on mastitis, foot-and-mouth illness (FMD), and lumpy pores and skin illness.
Cows feeding at an animal farm
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