Projects

Optimization and genotyping of DNA samples of 40 sheep populations from seven countries of the CRP using FAO/ISAG recommended panel of microsatellite DNA makers

ACTIVE

Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability

Maximizing benefits from crop residues in East Africa through minimizing trade-offs and employing integrated agronomic and institutional interventions

ACTIVE

Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)

Land Use Change, Impacts and Dynamics (LUCID)

A genomics approach to understanding the immunopathology of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP): Improvement of current live vaccines and development of next generation vaccines

Breeding for improved village chicken production in Ethiopia

Enhancing communities’ adaptive capacity to climate change in drought-prone hotspots of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia

ACTIVE

Improving village chicken protection to elevate the livelihoods of poor people in Ethiopia

ACTIVE

Better policy and management options for pastoral lands: Assessing trade-offs between poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation (Reto O Reto)

Climate change and small ruminants in extensive systems in East Africa – challenges, co-benefits and options for methane mitigation (CHANCE)

ACTIVE

Pilot project on the feasibility of generating carbon credit through dairy productivity gains