Livestock Genetics program
What exactly is an innovation platform and how will it help the African Chicken Genetic Gains project reach its goals? Continue reading
Ed Rege, team leader on innovation platforms and director of PICO-Eastern Africa, 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
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
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
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
Newcastle Disease strikes Ethiopian chickens and causes a huge recurrent annual loss. Vaccine is available to protect the chicken from getting the disease. The ACGG project will be among the first to use and promote small dose vaccines. Continue reading
In February/March 2016, ACGG offers a second training course on ‘Fundamentals of data analysis and mixed linear models in animal breeding’. Continue reading
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program is hosting its second program management team (PMT) meeting in Arusha, Tanzania this week (27-28 Jan 2016). Continue reading
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project teams held a series of meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, on 4-11 December 2015, to plan for on-station and on-farm chicken breed trials and to discuss ways of partnering with similar projects in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania. Continue reading
Tadelle Dessie of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), who leads the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project and Negussie Dana and Wondmenh Esatu from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) have been honoured by the Ethiopian Government for their seminal work on genetic improvement of Ethiopian indigenous chickens’ egg productivity. Continue reading
Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions 