Herdmanager medium and large scale dairy farm

For professional and succesfulll herdmanagers!

You will be trained by experienced Kenyan and Dutch trainers!

For whom:

• Existing and futural herdmanagers on dairy farms!
• Between 20 and 40 years
• After graduation Diplome level and ready to start as a herdmanager
• If you are open minded to new developments and knowledge
• If you are open to train other workers and  farmers
• General; 50/50 female/male students

Young herdmanagers without farm are also welcome if they will search for a farmExtensionists and the training provider will care for a list of farms available, ready to adapt a trainee as herdmanager.

Why this training programme?

• Lack of professional herdmanagers in Kenya on medium and large scale dairy farms
• Improvement of technical output and economic results on the dairy farm
• Professionalism of dairy farms as a business enterprise

What do we do:

During one year  you will study 30 training days in all practical skills  and managementsubjects in relation to the  economics of the dairy farm

You make home assignments to develop and improve your own farm

You will make your own improvement plan and present it to the owner and trainers

You go for 1 month practical period in Kenya on a host farm and for 2 weeks management of the demofarm on the Centre of Expertise

After the first year you will have 1 month practical period in the Netherlands on  a family dairy farm

As a follow up after graduation you will be contracted by our agency for work as a herdmanager on dairy farms in our relation network in Kenya.

After the second year in January 2024 participants will enter the study groups for a period of minimum 5 years with the other participants.

Results after the training:

You go back home with your own technical improvement plan , ready to implement and your certificate as Herdmanager Dairy Farm.

You will achieve

• More milk and more household/business income;
• Higher productivity and use less land, by more pasturing and less ranching;
• Some fodder crops to overcome the dry periods;
• Improvement of  the health and growth of calves and fertility of the cows and production of the cows;
• better land use in more biobased/ecological principles, for example in using the organic manure.