Successful livestock improvement programmes focusing on low-input smallholder production systems though rare, are possible using community-based approaches. This paper outlines important design and implementation components of a goat improvement programme undertaken by FARM Africa in the eastern ...
The use of exotic dairy goats in breeding programmes for smallholder production systems is popular in Eastern Africa. However, information on the performance of exotic breeds within these systems is scarce. This paper presents information on performance of Toggenburg dairy goats under smallholder...
Ahuya, C.O.
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Mosi, R.O.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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[Performance of Toggenburg dairy goats in smallholder production systems of the eastern highlands of Kenya]
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Performance of Toggenburg dairy goats in smallholder production systems of the eastern highlands of Kenya
Dairy goat development in Kenya started in the mid 1950s, with the introduction of exotic dairy goat breeds. Major projects to improve the dairy goat sector were not realized until the late 1970s under United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) funded and FAO executed projects, which lasted unt...
Ahuya, C.O.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Mwangi-Njuru, D.
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Peacock, C.P.
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[Developmental challenges and opportunities in the goat industry: the Kenyan experience]
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Developmental challenges and opportunities in the goat industry: the Kenyan experience
In an examination of the productivity of goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in Kenya, estimated least-squares means for pre-weaning mortality were 28.6% for goats and 32.1% for sheep. Three productivity indices based on total live weight of young produced per female per year, per kg female p...
Wilson, R.T.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Sayers, A.R.
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[Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in south-central Kenya]
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Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in south-central Kenya