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ILRI News on genetics

03 Nov 2022

SAPLING initiative’s stakeholder consultation proposes priority activities for northwest Vietnam

Livestock is an essential income source for many small-scale farmers in Northwest Vietnam, who may own only a few animals (photo credit: ILRI) In the local Thai dialect in Vietnam’s Northwest Region ‘Chan-henh’ means ‘good and better’. It is also the short name of the CGIAR Initiative on...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

02 Nov 2022

Government and partners celebrate achievements in increasing dairy productivity in Burundi

Partners of the regional integrated agricultural development in the great lakes (PRDAIGL) project have held a joint end-of-project workshop to review its contributions to Burundi’s dairy sector in the last two years. Attendees of the 2–3 November forum in Bujumbura were drawn from the Ministry of...

Saba ErmyasCommunications Officer

ILRI News

10 Aug 2022

Strengthening the role of chicken genetics for sustainable poultry development in the tropics

The Tropical Chicken Genetics Solutions (TPGS) initiative and their partners held a two-day workshop on 7 – 8 July 2022, at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, to document lessons learned from the program and explore opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of complementary chicken-based...

Mwihaki MundiaCommunications Officer

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Publications on genetics

Journal Item

Published2022

Missing puzzle piece for the origins of domestic chickens

Journal Article

Published2022

Genomic characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of dromedary-associated Staphylococcaceae from the Horn of Africa

Journal Article

Published2022

Ecological niche modelling as a tool to identify candidate indigenous chicken ecotypes of Tigray (Ethiopia)

Journal Article

Published2022

Species-informative SNP markers for characterising freshwater prawns of genus Macrobrachium in Cameroon

Presentation

Published2022

The African Dairy Genetic Gains program (ADGG) - Responding to dairy farmers’ needs and enabling multiple actors’ capacities through genetic innovations

Poster

Published2022

Genomic analysis of milk yield and heat tolerance in small holder dairy system of sub-Saharan Africa

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ILRI Projects on genetics

Aug 2022Jul 2025

Tropical Poultry Genetics Solutions (TPGS): Delivering farmer preferred, productive and ecologically adapted poultry to smallholders

This three year project will run as part of the One CGIAR initiatives and will focus on seven interrelated outcome areas, namely: Characterization of ecological adaptation of chicken ecotypes and identification of farmers trait preferences Strengthening of existing partnerships and developing new...

Jul 2020Jun 2024

Asian Chicken Genetic Gains (AsCGG): A platform for exploring, testing and delivering improved chickens for enhanced livelihood outcomes in South East Asia

This four-year partnership is between ILRI and national agricultural research institutes in the three countries, including Cambodia’s National Animal Health and Production Research Institute (NAHPRI), Myanmar’s Livestock Veterinary and Breeding Department (LVBD) and Vietnam’s National Institute of...

Nov 2015Oct 2025

African Dairy Genetic Gains

The ADDG project is in its second phase after a successful first phase and an extension period. The second phase of the project is integrated in the Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) CGIAR research initiative. This second phase has expanded...

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