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Under the media lens: Scientists launch Ethiopian farm to breed healthy, bug-resistant chickens

In this video from the Associated Press archive, Olivier Hanotte, livestock geneticist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Tadelle Dessie, program director of the African Chicken Genetic Gain project; Koen van Mechelen, artist; and a farmer share their vision of the ‘Incubated Worlds’ chicken facility which was launched recently on the Addis Ababa campus of ILRI, of diversity and of chicken farming in Ethiopia.

The chicken facility was launched on 26 April 2018.

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