This module is designed to equip students with an understanding the principles of reproduction and production management in livestock. The module of reproductive management mainly focus on reproductive physiology, reproductive techniques, reproductive disorders and diseases management.
This module is taught to year 3 students so as to understand livestock value chain analysis, marketing analysis of animal products, institutional analysis and the reason behind their organization, relationships between different levels of analysis. This will help the student to have knowledge and skills to analyze themselves the animal product value chains, classify and characterize the markets and analyze new institutional economics and comparative political economy, with a focus both on the basic theory and on contemporary empirical research. The students will be able to use the analysis methods discussed along with all units. They will also be able to identify the constraints and opportunities and proposing market-based solutions for development in the market and marketing of animal products.