Benchmarking the Kenyan Artificial Insemination Service Sub-industry

This report describes the current status of AI in Kenya. Most cattle breeding services – at least 70% - are through natural mating; on a good year AI accounts for up to 37% of all mating. There are hundreds of private AI practitioners who deliver AI to farmers – having sourced semen from appointed distributors who are mostly located in high potential areas. The distributors in turn obtain semen, and Liquid Nitrogen (which is what preserves the viability of semen) from more than 10 importers and the sole, publicly-owned local producers. Underlying this system is a history of lessons and challenges.