The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project partners with the Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU) project to implement nutrition-sensitive interventions to improve nutrition in smallholder farming families in Ethiopia and Tanzania. Zenebech Abdu’s family is among the targeted families in Ethiopia. Continue reading
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ACGG / Capacity Strengthening / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / KIT / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Tanzania / West Africa
ACGG gender strategy: Program implementation plan now available
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program has developed a program-level gender strategy implementation plan based on its gender strategy document. Continue reading
ACGG / Chickens / gender / Genetics / ILRI / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Research / West Africa
ACGG Nigeria holds sixth innovation platform and second national poultry forum meetings
The sixth national innovation platform and the second Smallholder Poultry Forum (SPF) meetings of the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) Nigeria project were held in Owerri, Imo State on 22–23 March 2018. Continue reading
ACGG / Capacity Strengthening / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / KIT / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Tanzania / West Africa
ACGG gender strategy: Country implementation plan now available
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-led African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program has developed a country-level gender strategy implementation plan based on its gender strategy document. Continue reading
ACGG / East Africa / Ethiopia / KIT / LIVESTOCKCRP / Nigeria / Poultry / Research / Tanzania / West Africa
African chicken project’s gender strategy document now available
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project has published its gender strategy.
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ACGG / Chickens / East Africa / LIVESTOCKCRP / Poultry / Tanzania
Earning more from improved chickens: Aneth’s story (part 2)
This is the second and last part of Aneth’s story. Continue reading
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 / Animal Breeding / Chickens / East Africa / Ethiopia / Genetics / ILRI / Indigenous Breeds / LiveGene / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Nigeria / Poultry / Research / Southern Africa / Tanzania / West Africa
Tadelle Dessie on BBC Africa: why breed more productive chickens?
Tadelle Dessie, program leader of the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program was interviewed on 12 October 2016 by BBC Africa reporter Akwasi Sarpong about the challenges and opportunities of African poultry production. Continue reading
Opportunities offered by smallholder chicken farming in Africa
Guèye (2000) writes that 85% of rural households in sub-Saharan Africa keep chickens or other types of poultry. This is a huge proportion of these populations, but what is the value of smallholder chicken production, socially and economically? Continue reading
ACGG / Animal Breeding / Capacity Strengthening / Chickens / Genetics / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Poultry / Research
Seeking new approaches for increasing smallholder chicken productivity in Africa
The ACGG program aims to leverage existing research and to implement new and innovative approaches for improving smallholder chicken productivity in Africa. Continue reading
Tropical Poultry Genetic Solutions 