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ILRI News on animal breeding

30 Jun 2020

Private sector embedded extension model sustains field activities during COVID-19 pandemic

Measuring weight of animal to determine appropriate dosage for ECF vaccine and dewormer in Muhoroni subcounty, Kisumu County, Kenya (photo credit: AVCD Dairy). Update from the dairy component of the AVCD program In the last three months (April- June), the dairy component of the Accelerated Value...

Muthoni NjiruCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

14 Apr 2020

ILRI develops framework for integrating gender in livestock genetic improvement programs

Woman herding goats in Nagar Village, Tonk District, Rajasthan, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Livestock genetic improvement programs help farmers to enhance their productivity through improved breeds. But resear ch shows that men and women farmers use and interact with livestock in...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

ILRI News

24 Mar 2020

When did the chicken first cross the road?

There are nine chickens in the world for every human, but the story of how the species emerged from the jungles of Southeast Asia some 8,000 years ago to become the world’s favoured protein source is a complicated one. ‘The success of the chicken has a lot to do with its diversity, and that...

David AronsonSenior Communications Advisor

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Publications on animal breeding

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Integrated environmental and genomic analysis reveals the drivers of local adaptation in African indigenous chickens

Journal Article

Published2020

Towards a better understanding of breeding objectives and production performance of dairy cattle in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal Article

Published2020

Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats

Journal Article

Published2020

Ancestral haplotype mapping for GWAS and detection of signatures of selection in admixed dairy cattle of Kenya

Journal Article

Published2020

Breeding practices and trait preferences of smallholder farmers for indigenous sheep in the northwest highlands of Ethiopia: Inputs to design a breeding program

Poster

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Women for women: Creating spaces to mobilize women champions in livestock breeding programs in Ethiopia

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ILRI Projects on animal breeding

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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...

A system to cost effectively create a continuous supply of F1 heifer via sexed embryos

Many of Heifer Project International’s projects are centred on the provision of improved animals to and training of low income families. In relation to dairy cattle in a number of sub-Saharan African countries, HPI has indicated that they are unable to meet the demand for high quality animals from...

animal breeding

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Jan 2011Dec 2013

Comparative genome sequence analysis to identify disease and traits related genes under different selection pressures during chicken domestication

Objectives: • To identify candidate genes associated with disease resistance and economic traits through an analysis of signature of selection (SOS) between Asian and African lineage poultry. • To conduct statistical modeling of marker-assisted gene introgression (MAI) based on disease...

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