**6. Conclusions**

It is worthy of note that the cattle population in Nigeria of above 18 million may appear false and misleading as it was not captured in the FAS/USDA 2021 ranking of countries with the most cattle. If the figure were true, Nigeria would have come displaced Russia to rank 8th in the list of countries.

Assisted reproductive technologies will not only bridge the gap in meat and milk consumption of Nigerians but it will open up a goldmine which will reduce the unemployment rate in this region. This technology undoubtedly will start in Nigeria and spread to neighboring countries in Africa.

Cattle production in Nigeria, which hitherto was business of the North will become a smooth running business in the South if N'dama and Muturu which have adapted to the more humid and disease-tolerant southern climate are improved upon using the ARTs. This will go a long way to improve the economy of Nigeria and equally mitigate the farmers-herders crisis which has consumed so many lives and properties. Above all, it well help Nigeria to attain self-sufficiency in meat production in the near future, become an exporter of beef and dairy products.

*Assisted Reproductive Technologies as Veritable Tools for Improving Production Efficiencies… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100066*
