ACGG / Chickens / gender / Genetics / ILRI / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Staff / West Africa

Voices on chicken genetics: Towards higher productivity and greater socio-economic benefits from poultry

Alabi Olayinka, subnational coordinator for Zone 1 in Kwara State of Nigeria, introduces herself and her work in this post, which is one of a series of portraits of key people in the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program. Continue reading

ACGG / Chickens / LIVESTOCKCRP / Poultry / Southern Africa / Staff / Tanzania

Voices on chicken genetics: Creating an enabling environment for farming improved chickens

Pius Mwambene works for the Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) in Uyole and is subnational coordinator responsible for execution ACGG research activities in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. In this post, which is part of a series of portraits of key people in ACGG, he talks about his work. Continue reading

ACGG / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / gender / Genetics / ILRI / In focus / LiveGene / LIVESTOCKCRP / Poultry

ACGG teams meet in Addis Ababa this week to roll out program’s gender strategy

Next week (18–22 September 2017) three important African Chicken Genetic Gains(ACGG)-related meetings will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.management team meeting, the scientific and industry advisory committee meeting and a crucial gender strategy workshop set to roll out gender work once and for all in ACGG. Continue reading

ACGG / Chickens / Ethiopia / gender / Genetics / ILRI / In focus / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / West Africa

ACGG gender awareness campaign resumes in September and October

The ‘in focus’ campaign ‘Where chickens and women rule’ will resume in September and October with some video, postcards, tweets and web stories. Watch this space: https://africacgg.net/in-focus/ Continue reading

Ethiopian National Veterinary Institute develops manuals on managing key chicken diseases
ACGG / Animal Diseases / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Poultry

Ethiopian National Veterinary Institute develops manuals on managing key chicken diseases

The Ethiopian National Veterinary Institute, with the support of partners, has developed three training manuals on infectious bursal disease, marek’s disease, newcastle disease; for training veterinarians and agricultural outreach officers. In Ethiopia, as in the rest of Africa, chicken production is integral to the livelihoods of smallholder rural households. Poultry production is a source of income … Continue reading