Akinola Hassan, subnational coordinator in Zone 5 (Kebbi State) of Nigeria, introduces himself and his work in one of a series of portraits of key people in African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project. Continue reading
Category Archives: West Africa
Voices on chicken genetics: Transforming smallholder chicken production into small business enterprises
Ajayi Folasade is subnational coordinator for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project in Zone 2 of Rivers State in Nigeria. She introduces herself and her work in this post, which is one of a series of portraits of key people in the project. Continue reading
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
Follow ACGG Nigeria on new social media channels
ACGG Nigeria is using Twitter and Facebook to communicate important updates from the team and project. Follow @ACGGNG on Twitter and on Facebook. Continue reading
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
ACGG introduces its common conceptual gender framework
This poster, which was presented at the 7th Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Meeting of the Global Alliance for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) on 11 May 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to introduces the common conceptual gender framework. Continue reading
Role of university-industry nexus in sustainable smallholder chicken development
The African Chicken Genetic Gains Nigeria (ACGG-NG) project staff participated in a three-day workshop jointly organized by the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO) of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Continue reading
Where chickens and women rule: ACGG rolls out gender awareness campaign
A new ‘gender’ campaign—Where chickens and women rule—aims at raising the awareness of the public and of ACGG’s audiences about the stakes of gender in poultry development. It will be running from April to June and September to October. Continue reading
ACGG participates in Nigeria Technology and Innovation Expo 2017
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program in Nigeria participated in a five-day ‘Science, Technology and Innovation for Nigeria’s Economic Diversification Expo’ in Abuja on 3–7 April, 2017. It was organized by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. Continue reading
Presentation on increasing chicken productivity at African agricultural science workshop
The following presentation was given by Jasmine Bruno at the Technologies, Platforms and Partnerships in Support of the African Agricultural Science Agenda workshop in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 4–5 April 2017. Continue reading