Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Abstract
The aim of this paper was to review the documented reports of the Jersey breed in Africa; and
the suitability of the breed for a dairy profit index relevant for the future of Rwanda's dairy development
programmes. We extended our review of available reports on the Jersey breed to
various African countries to deliver on our main objective of providing relevant knowledge to
support long term genetic improvement plans that could be customised to any targeted countries
based on the productions systems, constraints, national policies and the local socioeconomic
development targets.
Through extensive research the authors have confirmed a presence for the Jersey breed across
the majority of the continent of Africa, whether current or historic, as a pure breed or used in
cross breeding programmes
