Rehema Mwatemba, a gender specialist working with the African Chicken Genetic Gains program in Tanzania, explains how the project’s interventions with promote gender equality and empower women. Continue reading
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ACGG / Animal Breeding / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / LiveGene / Livestock / Poultry / Research
Photo story: Process of introducing chicks of selected strains in Ethiopia
This is a photo story about the hatching process carried out by the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research at the Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Centre in April 2016. Continue reading
ACGG / Animal Breeding / Genetics / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Poultry / Research
Voices on chicken genetics: Training African researchers in chicken genetic analysis
Hans Komen, genetics expert from Wageningen University and Research Centre, talks about a recent training course on the ‘Fundamentals of data analysis and mixed linear models in animal breeding’ that was offered by the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program. It is one in a series that displays key people in the ACGG project. Continue reading
The value of innovation platforms for ACGG Ethiopia
The second innovation platform meeting will review the progress in the key areas that were identified during the first IP, such as policy review; health; feed; poultry marketing and consumption; gender (women and youth); genotype identification; and training and training material development. Continue reading
ACGG / Capacity Strengthening / Ethiopia / ILRI / Innovation Systems / LiveGene / Nigeria / Poultry / Tanzania
Innovation platforms – how are they helping us reach ACGG objectives?
What exactly is an innovation platform and how will it help the African Chicken Genetic Gains project reach its goals? Continue reading
ACGG / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Poultry / Staff
Voices on chicken genetics: Assessing effects of climatic variability on poultry in Ethiopia
Maria Lozano-Jaramillo, a PhD student from Wageningen University, is joining Ethiopia’s African Chicken Genetics Gains (ACGG) team over the next two months to gather information to aid her research. In this post, she explains how her work aligns with the ACGG project and discusses her objectives for the trip. Continue reading
Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions 