Appolinaire Djikeng

Appolinaire Djikeng

Director General and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems

Professor Djikeng joins ILRI and CGIAR from the University of Edinburgh, where he is currently Professor and Chair of Tropical Agriculture and Sustainable Development, as well as the Director, Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) based at the Roslin Institute. He will retain his affiliation with the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh to strengthen the partnership with ILRI and the CGIAR system. Professor Djikeng previously worked with ILRI from 2009-2016 as Technology Manager and then Director of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA)-ILRI Hub. He has received numerous awards, including the 2020 Nelson Mandela Justice Award. He was also recognized by the Decade of Health as one of the 10 people in the United Kingdom changing health.

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My Publications

Bridging the gap in African biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics

  • Sharaf, A.
  • Ndiribe, C.C.
  • Omotoriogun, T.C.
  • Abueg, L.
  • Badaoui, B.
  • Badiane Markey, F.J.
  • Beedessee, G.
  • Diouf, D.
  • Duru, V.C.
  • Ebuzome, C.
  • Eziuzor, S.C.
  • Jaufeerally Fakim, Y.
  • Formenti, G.
  • Ghanmi, N.
  • Guerfali, F.Z.
  • Houaga, I.
  • Ideozu, J.E.
  • Katee, Sally M.
  • Khayi, S.
  • Kuja, J.O.
  • Kwon-Ndung, E.H.
  • Marks, R.A.
  • Moila, A.M.
  • Mungloo-Dilmohamud, Z.
  • Muzemil, S.
  • Nigussie, H.
  • Osuji, J.O.
  • Ras, V.
  • Tchiechoua, Y.H.
  • Zoclanclounon, Y.A.B.
  • Tolley, K.A.
  • Ziyomo, Cathrine
  • Mapholi, N.
  • Muigai, A.W.T.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Ebenezer, T.E.

Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks

  • Matika, O.
  • Foster, S.
  • Githaka, Naftaly W.
  • Owido, Gad
  • Ngetich, Collins
  • Mwendia, C.
  • Brown, H.
  • Caulfield, J.
  • Watson, Kellie
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Birkett, M.

The Bovine Pangenome Consortium: Democratizing production and accessibility of genome assemblies for global cattle breeds and other bovine species

  • Smith, T.P.L.
  • Bickhart, D.M.
  • Boichard, D.
  • Chamberlain, A.J.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Yu Jiang
  • Wai Y. Low
  • Pausch, H.
  • Demyda Peyrás, S.
  • Prendergast, J.
  • Schnabel, R.D.
  • Rosen, B.D.
  • Bovine Pangenome Consortium

Livestock phenomics and genetic evaluation approaches in Africa: Current state and future perspectives

  • Houaga, I.
  • Mrode, Raphael A.
  • Opoola, O.
  • Chagunda, M.G.G.
  • Okeyo Mwai, Ally
  • Rege, J.E.
  • Olori, V.E.
  • Nash, O.
  • Banga, C.B.
  • Okeno, T.O.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire

In search of a new tool for phenotyping tick resistance in cattle

  • Matika, O.
  • Foster, S.
  • Githaka, Naftaly W.
  • Mwendia, C.
  • Brown, H.
  • Watson, K.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Birkett, M.

From a documented past of the Jersey breed in Africa to a profit index linked future

  • Opoola, Oluyinka
  • Shumbusho, Felicien
  • Hambrook, David
  • Thomson, Sam
  • Harvey, Dai
  • Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.
  • Capper, Jude L.
  • Moran, Dominic
  • Mrode, Raphael A.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
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