Dairy Goats for Ghana

The drought that is affecting most of Ghana has impacted their crops, and the war in Ukraine has raised the price of imported grains beyond what most people can pay. The hospitals are concerned about infant health because many new mothers’ nutrition is too poor for them to make enough milk for their babies. Dr. Lordson Dagba, working with Professor Godwin Deku from KNUST in Ghana, came up with a solution so Ghana could handle this issue internally: They asked us if we could help introduce dairy goats to Ghana. Goats absolutely thrive in Ghana, but, surprisingly, there are no dairy goats. Goat milk would help provide high quality nutrition to people of all ages. With newfound friends and partners in New Zealand, we have come up with plan to import frozen embryos from New Zealand to Ghana, and transfer them into Ghanaian goat recipients. The export company is doing this below cost, with the fees including permitting and shipping. We have a U.S. theriogenologist who has volunteered to go to Ghana to do the embryo transfer procedures. These are top dairy-producing goats and the embryos have full siblings in production in South America and Asia. Here is the first offer of 12 embryos available now. We hope to ship 100.