IFAD / AI HEALTHY FOOD
27-Jun-2023
00:04:57
The International Fund for Agricultural Development supports Jordan’s quantity and quality of herds through Artificial Insemination. IFAD
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STORY: IFAD / AI HEALTHY FOOD
TRT: 04:57
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: APRIL 2023, AMMAN PROVINCE, JORDAN
TRT: 04:57
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: APRIL 2023, AMMAN PROVINCE, JORDAN
SHOTLIST
1. Various shots, sheep, goats
2. Med shot, Hisham Al Khaza’lah, walking on his sheep farm
3. Various shots, woman working on her goat farm, dry land storage room, bags,
Goat
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hisham Al Khaza’lah, IFAD breeding partner:
“I had 450 sheep, and their milk productivity was very low. Each one only produces from 300 to 500 grams.”
4. Various shots, sheep, barn
5. Various shots, people in lab coats using microscope for artificial insemination
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Mawran Suifan, director, Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition Project (SIGHT):
“We sold them genetically improved livestock from one of our centers with a discount of 40 or 50 percent of the market price. We also incentivized them by buying the offspring that resulted from artificial insemination, doubling the price they would normally receive.”
7. Various shots, sheep, dry land, barn, man walking in barn, stalls, milk extraction, milking machine
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Jaradat, breeding partner:
“The production is faster because I wouldn’t need to wait for the sheep to reproduce naturally.”
9. Various shots, man redirecting his sheep, sheep sleeping
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hisham Al Khaza’lah, breeding partner:
“After the project gave us sheep and improved our breed, some of my sheep now can produce a kilo and a half of milk. The percentage of twins also increased from 2-3 to 10 percent or even 16 percent.”
11. Various shots, man, needle, small goat, needle injection
12. Various shots, woman, boy, goat, greenhouse, barns, fields
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muneira Ali Awad, farmer, project loan beneficiary:
“I am benefiting a lot from the goat’s milk. Also, it’s good for the family to have another source of income.”
14. Various shots, woman holding vegetables, boy, greenhouse
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Al Hanifat, Minister of Agriculture, Jordan:
“Animal breeding, production, and veterinary services are important activities in the agricultural sector. I think that through this project, we can support animal herders who are also affected by factors like climate change, feed price increases, COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine war. All these factors affected animal herders and the agricultural sector in general.”
16. Various shots, sheep, field, barns, goats, goat pen, herder
2. Med shot, Hisham Al Khaza’lah, walking on his sheep farm
3. Various shots, woman working on her goat farm, dry land storage room, bags,
Goat
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hisham Al Khaza’lah, IFAD breeding partner:
“I had 450 sheep, and their milk productivity was very low. Each one only produces from 300 to 500 grams.”
4. Various shots, sheep, barn
5. Various shots, people in lab coats using microscope for artificial insemination
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Mawran Suifan, director, Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition Project (SIGHT):
“We sold them genetically improved livestock from one of our centers with a discount of 40 or 50 percent of the market price. We also incentivized them by buying the offspring that resulted from artificial insemination, doubling the price they would normally receive.”
7. Various shots, sheep, dry land, barn, man walking in barn, stalls, milk extraction, milking machine
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Jaradat, breeding partner:
“The production is faster because I wouldn’t need to wait for the sheep to reproduce naturally.”
9. Various shots, man redirecting his sheep, sheep sleeping
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hisham Al Khaza’lah, breeding partner:
“After the project gave us sheep and improved our breed, some of my sheep now can produce a kilo and a half of milk. The percentage of twins also increased from 2-3 to 10 percent or even 16 percent.”
11. Various shots, man, needle, small goat, needle injection
12. Various shots, woman, boy, goat, greenhouse, barns, fields
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muneira Ali Awad, farmer, project loan beneficiary:
“I am benefiting a lot from the goat’s milk. Also, it’s good for the family to have another source of income.”
14. Various shots, woman holding vegetables, boy, greenhouse
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Al Hanifat, Minister of Agriculture, Jordan:
“Animal breeding, production, and veterinary services are important activities in the agricultural sector. I think that through this project, we can support animal herders who are also affected by factors like climate change, feed price increases, COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine war. All these factors affected animal herders and the agricultural sector in general.”
16. Various shots, sheep, field, barns, goats, goat pen, herder
STORYLINE
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) supports Jordan’s quantity and quality of herds through Artificial Insemination.
For years now, sheep and goat farmers in Jordan have struggled with water scarcity due to climate change and problems resulting from inbreeding, affecting both the animals’ growth and milk productivity.
Financed by IFAD and the Government of Jordan, the small ruminants and investment project aims to improve breeding methods, animal health, and productivity.
Firstly, farmers are encouraged to buy and introduce new breeds into their herds.
Awassi sheep and Damascus goats are added to strengthen the health of the existing stock.
Secondly, the project provides farmers with training and access to Artificial Insemination techniques to increase the reproduction rate of their animals.
Mawran Suifan, director of the Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition Project (SIGHT), said that 26 breeding partners nationwide with the proper infrastructure to apply artificial insemination techniques with their livestock collaborated.
This has increased the number of genetically improved offspring and the quantity of milk they produce.
Ahmad Jaradat, a breeding partner, said, “The production is faster because I wouldn’t need to wait for the sheep to reproduce naturally.”
Another breeding partner, Hisham Al Khaza’lah, said, “After the project gave us sheep and improved our breed, some of my sheep now can produce a kilo and a half of milk. The percentage of twins also increased from 2-3 to 10 percent or even 16 percent.”
The farmers also benefit from incentives like check-ups, vaccines, and vitamins.
The project aims to expand and diversify households’ income, too.
The Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Al Hanifat, said, “Animal breeding, production, and veterinary services are important activities in the agricultural sector. I think that through this project, we can support animal herders who are also affected by factors like climate change, feed price increases, COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine war. All these factors affected animal herders and the agricultural sector in general.”
The project has created a sustainable ecosystem that helps Jordanian farmers overcome obstacles and earn a decent livelihood and ensures that more families around Jordan have protein-rich, quality food.
For years now, sheep and goat farmers in Jordan have struggled with water scarcity due to climate change and problems resulting from inbreeding, affecting both the animals’ growth and milk productivity.
Financed by IFAD and the Government of Jordan, the small ruminants and investment project aims to improve breeding methods, animal health, and productivity.
Firstly, farmers are encouraged to buy and introduce new breeds into their herds.
Awassi sheep and Damascus goats are added to strengthen the health of the existing stock.
Secondly, the project provides farmers with training and access to Artificial Insemination techniques to increase the reproduction rate of their animals.
Mawran Suifan, director of the Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition Project (SIGHT), said that 26 breeding partners nationwide with the proper infrastructure to apply artificial insemination techniques with their livestock collaborated.
This has increased the number of genetically improved offspring and the quantity of milk they produce.
Ahmad Jaradat, a breeding partner, said, “The production is faster because I wouldn’t need to wait for the sheep to reproduce naturally.”
Another breeding partner, Hisham Al Khaza’lah, said, “After the project gave us sheep and improved our breed, some of my sheep now can produce a kilo and a half of milk. The percentage of twins also increased from 2-3 to 10 percent or even 16 percent.”
The farmers also benefit from incentives like check-ups, vaccines, and vitamins.
The project aims to expand and diversify households’ income, too.
The Jordanian Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Al Hanifat, said, “Animal breeding, production, and veterinary services are important activities in the agricultural sector. I think that through this project, we can support animal herders who are also affected by factors like climate change, feed price increases, COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine war. All these factors affected animal herders and the agricultural sector in general.”
The project has created a sustainable ecosystem that helps Jordanian farmers overcome obstacles and earn a decent livelihood and ensures that more families around Jordan have protein-rich, quality food.
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