An ‘on-farm monitoring’ training course was organized in Ethiopia on 23-25 March 2016, under the auspices of the Holetta Agricultural Research Centre of the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Continue reading
The latest brief by the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program, More productive chickens—potentially a multi-million dollar business, outlines how the program is reaching out to the private sector and involving poor smallholder women farmers in Africa in the chicken value chain. Continue reading
Maria Lozano-Jaramillo, a PhD student from Wageningen University, recently worked with the African Chicken Genetics Gains (ACGG) in Ethiopia for two months. In this post, she shares the highlights of her visit and work with the ACGG. Continue reading
Simbarashe Sibanda, managing director of the Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU) initiative and ATONU project leader for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program, was one of the members of the ATONU team which visited poultry production sites in Axum and Debre Zeit, Ethiopia in December 2015. We spoke to Sibanda about ATONU’s contribution to ACGG going forward. Continue reading
The Ethiopia Livestock Master Plan (LMP) was published in August 2015 with the objective of clearly outlining the path to development for the livestock sector in country. The main investment interventions outlined were better genetics, feed and health services, which, together will improve productivity and total production in the key livestock value chains including poultry. In this post we hope to give a brief outline of how the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) is contributing to the LMP’s objectives. Continue reading
The development of the Horro breed in Ethiopia is a success story for the team that has been working on it since 2008. The breed will be used as a benchmark for improving other indigenous chicken genetic resources in the country. Continue reading
Tadelle Dessie, Program leader at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), introduces himself and his work with the program. It is one of a series of portraits of key people in Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG). Continue reading
Getnet Assefa, principal investigator of ACGG in Ethiopia and national livestock research coordinator at the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR), introduces himself and his work with the program. It is one of a series of portraits of key people in Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG). Continue reading
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 Ethiopia will test five introduced (Koekoek, Fayoumi, Sasso, Kuroiler, Embrapa 051) and at least two local chicken strains (improved Horro and a few others). These fact sheets introduce the strains in details. Continue reading
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