Certificate In Artificial Insemination (Archived)

Delivery of animal health services including Artificial Insemination (AI) in many developing countries has been described as inefficient and ineffective. One of the main reasons for this state of affairs is the inadequate government financing of veterinary services. The level of financing of the services is critical for the efficient delivery of services in a country. The quality of AI services in Kenya started deteriorating markedly in the 1980s partly due to the adoption of privatization and liberalization policies in the face of diminishing resources and partly due to the speed with which the policies were implemented. This spurred for a search for alternatives to the whole public sector system provision of AI services. One option was the privatization of training of AI technicians and enabling farmers to be service providers. The adoption of this alternative was hampered by the limited positions available at the AHITIs (only 20 students at a time), which has resulted in a backlog of almost 400 applicants. The objective of initiating this course is to cater to this backlog and to service this rapidly growing sector of emerging AI service providers.