Livestock farmers operating in Gatundu North have been advised to continue keeping their proceeds records to help them in livestock performance evaluation.
Jackline Mwangangi an animal health officer in Kamwangi told farmers that records help in monitoring animal performance enabling a farmer to note the progress of his animals.
Mwangangi who was speaking while administering an artificial insemination at Wanjambi's house in Gituamba on Monday said that farmers in the area needed to be sensitized on record-keeping noting it as a better platform to equip the farmers with the knowledge of handling the record-keeping process.
She challenged farmers from the area saying that lack of education was not the major reason why they did not keep records, rather they simply neglected a very important aspect of their livestock keeping.
"Records keeping makes it easier to analyze the long-term set plan as well as monitoring changes made during the implementation of a plan," he said.
She added that livestock development and challenges facing the sector can only be noted through record-keeping and urged the farmers not to ignore the record-keeping aspect to help the livestock farming sector to increase efforts of countering challenges facing it.
"Record keeping can assist a farmer to know when their cows are beginning to fall sick by just noting the declining levels of milk production," she added.
"Livestock farming without records is like a blind man meandering in the darkness without any assistance. No movements can be achieved in this scenario," Mwangangi observed.
She advised farmers to give record keeping time for better analysis of income and outcome of their farming.