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ILRI News on poultry

15 Apr 2019

ILRI’s Tadelle Dessie appointed adjunct professor at Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar University

Tadelle Dessie of ILRI has received awards for his outstanding contribution in chicken breed improvement and capacity building in Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). Tadelle Dessie, senior scientist and program leader for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project of the...

African Chicken Genetic Gains blog

04 Apr 2019

Beamlak Tesfaye

Educational tours to ILRI poultry research facility inspire young students in Ethiopia

Students from Hillside School at the ILRI poultry research facility in Addis Ababa (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led African Chicken Genetics Gains (ACGG) project is now hosting educational tours for students at the poultry research...

Safe Food Fair Food blog

16 Feb 2019

Kristina Rösel

Six-million-dollar investment to tackle the causes of foodborne disease in Ethiopia

ILRI news Principal food safety investigators conducted a press conference to launch four food safety programs in Ethiopia, 14–15 Feb 2019, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Left to right): Frank Arestrup, of the Technical University of Denmark; Kristina Rösel, of the International Livestock Research...

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Publications on poultry

Poster

Published2019

Prevalence of Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus from meat in Cambodian markets

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

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

Comparative transcriptome analysis of Ethiopian indigenous chickens from low and high altitudes under heat stress condition reveals differential immune response

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ILRI Projects on poultry

Nov 2018Oct 2022

Urban food markets in Africa: Incentivizing food safety using a pull-push approach

The project aims to improve food safety in urban informal markets in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. While previous efforts have focused on training producers or regulators with little attention to incentives for behaviour change, the project investigates if consumer demand can provide the same...

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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Improving village chicken protection to elevate the livelihoods of poor people in Ethiopia

Chickens are the only affordable livestock for the poor and improving their production level can improve the livelihood of the village farmers, and thus serve as a stepping stone out of extreme poverty. Production levels of indigenous chicken can be improved by organised breeding A participatory...

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