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ILRI News on genetics

14 Jan 2020

Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist

It is with as much shock as sorrow that we report the untimely death of Azage Tegegne, a leading Ethiopian livestock scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) who retired from ILRI just last June after more than 30 years of distinguished service to the institute. Azage died...

ILRI News

20 Nov 2019

Ekta Patel

Building capacity of African researchers in genomics to play key role in boosting productivity of livestock systems

Group photo of students and tutors at the livestock genomics workshop at ILRI, Ethiopia (photo credit: Erik Bongcam/SLU). Written by Ekta Patel and Paul Karaimu The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) recently trained African...

ILRI News

03 Oct 2019

Ekta Patel

Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health celebrates five-year milestone and plans for its future

This article by Maggie Bennett was originally published on the CTGLH website CTLGH Principals (left to right) Jimmy Smith (ILRI), Eleanor Riley (Roslin/UoE), Wayne Powell (SRUC) (photo credit: CTLGH/Maggie Bennett) The Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health ( CTLGH ) had a double...

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Publications on genetics

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Published2020

Rapid assessment of breeds and breeding operations for potential interventions on livestock genetic improvement in Son La province, north west Vietnam

Report

Published2019

LUKE-ADGG hands-on animal genetic and genomic evaluation joint course, Nairobi, Kenya, 9-13 September 2019

Report

Published2019

Training on reproduction technologies for cryo-conservation of African Animal Genetic Resources, Nairobi, Kenya, 16-20 July 2019

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Published2020

ILRI Projects on genetics

Jul 2017Jul 2020

Improving pig genetics in Uganda

Research conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners has identified poor genetics as a key factor in hampering pig production in Uganda. This issue has been also repeatedly raised by a number of stakeholders—including smallholder pig keepers and other value chain...

Dec 2015Dec 2020

Development of new forage genetic resources and their ultilization

The knowledge generated from this work allows scientists to identify genotypes that have potential as livestock feed. It also allows them to conserve essential forage biodiversity for current and future generations as global public goods. The major focus of forage research is to characterize the...

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...

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Tags: genetics

ILRI News on genetics

Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist

Building capacity of African researchers in genomics to play key role in boosting productivity of livestock systems

Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health celebrates five-year milestone and plans for its future

Publications on genetics

Rapid assessment of breeds and breeding operations for potential interventions on livestock genetic improvement in Son La province, north west Vietnam

LUKE-ADGG hands-on animal genetic and genomic evaluation joint course, Nairobi, Kenya, 9-13 September 2019

Training on reproduction technologies for cryo-conservation of African Animal Genetic Resources, Nairobi, Kenya, 16-20 July 2019

The wild species genome ancestry of domestic chickens

The prediction of genetic structure of East African smallholder dairy cattle

SNP-panel design for dairy proportion estimation and parentage testing

ILRI Projects on genetics

Improving pig genetics in Uganda

Development of new forage genetic resources and their ultilization

African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG)