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 / Genetics / ILRI / Indigenous Breeds / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Poultry / Research / Staff
Voices on chicken genetics: Improving poultry performance for food security in Ethiopia
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
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
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African chickens project releases details of strains to be tested in Ethiopia
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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Voices on chicken genetics: Economically empowering rural farmers and the youth through poultry
Adebambo Olufunmilayo, co-principal investigator for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) Project in Nigeria, incumbent director of the Biotechnology Centre and project leader at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), introduces herself and her work with the program. It is one of a series of portraits of key people in ACGG. Continue reading
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Second Ethiopia innovation platform meeting identifies 2016 priority activities
Fifty participants attended the second innovation platform meeting of ACGG in Ethiopia on 22-23 March 2016 to review progress and develop further activities, and crucially to define national innovation challenges and develop mechanisms for enhanced participation. 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
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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
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Voices on chicken genetics: Getting stakeholders in Nigeria excited about chicken farming
Emmanuel Babafunso Sonaya, principal investigator for ACGG Nigeria (and professor at Obafemi Awolowo University), 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
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Project management team meeting puts women, youth and innovation platforms front and centre in 2016
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program management team (PMT) meeting took place in Arusha, Tanzania, recently (27-28 January 2016). Key partners came to discuss program achievements and objectives for the coming year. Continue reading
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