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ACGG / Chickens / East Africa / LIVESTOCKCRP / Poultry / Tanzania
Chickens have given a boost to my family: Aneth’s story (part 1)
Aneth John is one of the farmers testing chicken strains with the African Chicken Genetic Gain Program (ACGG) in Tanzania. This is her story. Continue reading
ACGG / Capacity Strengthening / Chickens / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / West Africa
Nigeria-Tanzania exchange unlocks solutions for ACGG country teams
Two people from the ACGG-Nigeria team visited Tanzania from 8–12 March 2017 as part of a study tour to learn from the Tanzania team how to better achieve ACGG objectives in Nigeria. Continue reading
ACGG / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / LIVESTOCKCRP / Poultry / Staff
Voices on chicken genetics: Improving chicken breeds so rural households improve nutrition and income
Shumye Belay is a Sub National Coordinator for the Africa Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) Project in Tigray. He shares his interests and observations of the project in the following short interview. Continue reading
ACGG / Chickens / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Research / West Africa
Fourth national innovation platform meeting in Nigeria lays ground for a functional forum
The fourth meeting of the national innovation platform of ACGG in Nigeria was held in February 2017 in Port Harcourt. The meeting highlighted the need for a more permanent forum for smallholders working on poultry development and the potential use of a mobile phone application for feed formulation. Continue reading
ACGG / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / Genetics / LIVESTOCKCRP / Poultry
Voices on chicken genetics: Researching variations in chicken production in Ethiopia
The Southern Nations and Nationalities Region (SNNPR) is one of the regions the African Chicken Genetics Gain (ACGG) project is being implemented in Ethiopia. Tekleyohannis Birihanu is the project’s subnational coordinator in the region. He talks about his work in this post. Continue reading
ACGG / Chickens / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / West Africa
ACGG Nigeria deploys innovative village poultry vaccination model
ACGG Nigeria in partnership with Bdellium Consult Ltd, organized a one-day training for selected field officers (FOs) from the five sub-national zones on 7 February 2017 to ensure that the ACGG chickens are vaccinated for Newcastle Disease. Continue reading
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Update on ACGG activities in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, in recent months, project staff have been particularly busy with three activities: a) innovation platform (IP) work, b) enumerators’ training and c) procurement of the chicks, hatching and brooding. Continue reading
ACGG / Animal Breeding / Chickens / Genetics / Indigenous Breeds / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / West Africa
ACGG Nigeria participates in Ife City Trade Expo 2016
The ACGG Nigeria team capped off its 2016 activities by participating in the maiden edition of Ife City Trade Expo held 19–24 December, 2016 at EastWind Arena, Ile-Ife, Osun State. Continue reading
Third ACGG management team meeting: Reviewing progress and setting 2017 priorities
The third African Chicken Genetic Gains program management team (PMT) meeting took place on 28-29 November 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria. It reviewed progress in each of the three program countries and the program’s various themes focusing on a few cross-cutting areas including collaboration, communication and gender. Continue reading
Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions 