Gandhinagar, May 3 -- Taufiqbhai Momin, a livestock farmer from Koita village in Saraswati taluka of Patan district, owns 40 cows and 130 buffaloes.

He produces approximately 250 litres of milk daily. Until recently, he used to worry that when a cow or buffalo became pregnant, if a male calf was born, how he would bear the cost of raising it.

However, this concern has now been resolved. By using sexed semen technology for artificial insemination in his animals, all six of his cows gave birth only to female calves.

"Due to this new technology introduced by the government, we have benefited greatly. With the birth of male calves being avoided, maintenance costs have reduced. Moreover, milk production has increased, and within just two ye...