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ILRI News on poultry

14 Aug 2019

Boosting Uganda’s action plans on livestock development – BMZ-funded project to tackle animal health challenges

Rose Ademun (MAAIF), Julia Kronberg (BMZ) and Jimmy Smith (ILRI) at the BuildUganda Project launch in Kampala, Uganda (Photo credit: ILRI/Ekta Patel) Written by Ekta Patel, Kristina Roesel and Peter Ballantyne In early June this year, policymakers, researchers, government and private sector...

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 7 th African...

African Chicken Genetic Gains blog

10 May 2019

Ewen Le Borgne

Building the business case for smallholder poultry development (part 2): Imagining ‘ACGG+’

In the course of 2018, the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project team held an important meeting in Arusha, Tanzania (May 23-24) in order to capture the ‘business case’ for smallholder poultry development at large, building upon key lessons from ACGG so far, and looking into options for a...

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Publications on poultry

Journal Article

Published2019

Infectious and parasitic diseases of poultry in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Conference Paper

Published2019

The use of antimicrobials to boost livestock productivity at Ugandan piggery and poultry farms and implications for public health

Conference Paper

Published2019

Economic contribution of tropically adapted and more productive breeds based village chicken production in sub-Saharan Africa: ACGG model

Conference Paper

Published2019

Nutrition outcomes in women and children in rural farming households

Conference Paper

Published2019

Understanding the Entry Points for Improving the Smallholder Chicken Production in sub-Saharan Africa

Conference Paper

Published2019

Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems

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ILRI Projects on poultry

Jan 2019Dec 2022

Women in business: chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Methods Study of existing breed dissemination pathways; develop and test women-led business models to disseminate chicks to farmers in remote areas; engage in gender responsive and transformative approaches; assess impact on women’s empowerment and on nutrition. Expected impact Women’s empowerment...

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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