chickens

ILRI News on chickens

31 Jul 2019

Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Cattle grazing at ILRI’s Kapiti Ranch Research Station, outside Nairobi, in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Kenya’s livestock sector is primed to grow exponentially over the next three decades and anchor the country’s food sufficiency amid a rapid rise in the human population, a new survey...

African Chicken Genetic Gains blog

01 Jul 2019

Paul Karaimu

African Chicken Genetics project hands over plan for the Tanzanian Smallholder Poultry Association to government

Written by Tsion Issayas The 7th African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) national innovation platform and handover of the Tanzanian Smallholder Poultry Association (TASPA) to the government was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 19–20 June 2019 (photo credit: ILRI/Tsion Issayas). The 7th African Chicken...

ILRI News

24 Jun 2019

Ekta Patel

The role of phages: A fight against antibiotic resistance in poultry farms in Kenya

An illustration of a bacteriophage (photo credit: Kevin Gill/Flickr). In the early 1920s, William Twort and Felix d’Herelle co-discovered bacteriophages , also known as phages. These are viruses that can infect and kill bacteria and can be found everywhere bacteria exist such as inside plants,...

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Publications on chickens

Report

Published2018

Gender strategic research for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project: A qualitative research guide

Report

Published2018

Gender assessment of local understanding and indicators of empowerment among ACGG project beneficiaries in Nigeria

Thesis

Published2018

Whole genome based characterization of indigenous chicken populations in Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2018

The productivity and management systems of free range local chickens in rural areas of Babati District, Tanzania

Book Chapter

Published2018

Animal models in influenza research

Journal Article

Published2018

Transcriptomic profiles of muscle, heart, and spleen in reaction to circadian heat stress in Ethiopian highland and lowland male chicken

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ILRI Projects on chickens

Nov 2017Oct 2020

TAAT livestock compact

Livestock supports the livelihood of about 1.3 billion people in developing countries and contributes up to 30 per cent of the agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly through the provision of meat, milk, eggs, wool and hides and skins. Demand for...

Nov 2014Oct 2019

African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG)

African Chicken Genetic Gains is an Africa-wide collaboration led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). In November 2014, ILRI and partners initiated this new collaboration to provide better chickens to smallholder farmers in Africa. Part of the wider ‘LiveGene‘ initiative, ACGG...