Chickens

ILRI News on chickens

15 Feb 2019

Mapping of poultry hotspots in Tanzania

IFPRI Tanzania poultry hotspot analysis for the African Chicken Genetic Gains project To support the strategic planning of the next phase of Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program, A team from the Spatial Data and Analytics Theme of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)...

ILRI clippings

24 Jan 2019

Susan MacMillan

Scottish gene-edited chickens produced to help stop bird flu

Gallo, 1977, by Aldemir Martins (via Wikiart). ‘Humans don’t usually get the flu directly from animals, but human outbreaks of bird and swine flu can and do happen. In fact, scientists are so concerned that the next great pandemic will arise from a deadly strain of wild bird influenza that they’ve...

African Chicken Genetic Gains blog

23 Oct 2018

Beamlak Tesfaye

TALIRI and ACGG join forces to scale up farming of improved Kuroiler and Sasso chicken in Tanzania

A smallholder farmer feeding Kuroiler and Sasso chickens in Tanzania (photo credit: TALIRI). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project and the Tanzanian Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) will scale up improved Kuroiler and Sasso...

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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...