A survey was conducted in Bure district, North West Ethiopia, from 2007 to 2008 to assess the existing village chicken production system. A participatory rural appraisal and a formal survey were used to
collect all the relevant data, using a multi-stage sampling technique. Seven farmer administra...
Moges, F.
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Mellesse, A.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Assessment of village chicken production system and evaluation of the productive and reproductive performance of local chicken ecotype in Bure district, North west Ethiopia]
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Assessment of village chicken production system and evaluation of the productive and reproductive performance of local chicken ecotype in Bure district, North west Ethiopia
Designing breeding schemes suitable for smallholder livestock production systems in developing regions has hitherto been a challenge. The suggested schemes either do not address farmers’ breeding goals (centralized station-based nucleus schemes) or yield slow genetic progress (village-based schem...
Gizaw, Solomon
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Getachew, T.
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Tibbo, Markos
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Haile, Aynalem
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Congruence between selection on breeding values and farmers’ selection criteria in sheep breeding under conventional nucleus breeding schemes]
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Congruence between selection on breeding values and farmers’ selection criteria in sheep breeding under conventional nucleus breeding schemes
This paper describes the rural poultry production system and the role of scavenging chicken
in rural household economy of Ethiopia. Past attempts that have been made to improve the
production and productivity of local birds through upgrading (distribution of exotic birds)
and crossbreeding in Eth...
Dessie, Tadelle
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Yami, A.
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Peters, Kurt J.
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[Indigenous chicken in Ethiopia: Genetic potential and attempts made at improvement]
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Indigenous chicken in Ethiopia: Genetic potential and attempts made at improvement
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) program is built on five “pillars of change”. The first pillar is to make available high producing tropically adapted breeds (hpTAB). The second pillar is to determine farmer-preferred hpTAB. The third pillar is to create public-private partnerships for th...
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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Goromela, E.H.
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Assefa, G.
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Bamidele, O.
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Mbaga, S.H.
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Abegaz, S.
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Teressa, Alemayehu
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Getachew, Fasil
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Doing it differently: A farmer-focused, private sector-driven approach to delivering innovation that works for women in the smallholder chicken value chain]
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Doing it differently: A farmer-focused, private sector-driven approach to delivering innovation that works for women in the smallholder chicken value chain
With the world population projected to reach 8.5 billion people in 2030, more poultry meat and eggs will be needed from chickens reared in a broad range of environments and production systems. In developing countries, a large part of the poultry production rely on backyard systems raising dual- p...
Badi, B.
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Leroy, G.
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Olori, V.E.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[New issues for dual-purpose breeding for chicken small producers]
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New issues for dual-purpose breeding for chicken small producers
Indigenous chicken makes most of the world’s poultry genetic diversity particularly in developing countries. These local breeds, which are well- adapted to extensive husbandry systems and suitable for resource-poor poultry farmers endowed with very limited means, should be thoroughly studied as a...
Kebede, A.
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Tesfaye, K.
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Belay. G.
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Vallejo, A.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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Spark, N.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Raman, L..
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Gheyas, A.
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[Whole genome diversity of indigenous chicken populations in Ethiopia]
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Whole genome diversity of indigenous chicken populations in Ethiopia
On-farm test of chicken strains potentially adaptable to semi-scavenging production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa was undertaken in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria. Twelve (12) chicken strains were tested in 5 zones of each country in 6348 households. Kuroiler and Sasso were common to all countrie...
Abegaz, S.
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Esatu, Wondmeneh
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Assefa, G.
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Goromela, E.H.
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Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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Mbaga, S.H.
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Adebambo, O.
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Bamidele, O.
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Teressa, Alemayehu
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Bruno, J.
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Poole, Elizabeth J.
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Getachew, Fasil
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Kasaye, H.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa]
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On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
The African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG) project was started in 2014 and implemented over 5 years in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Nigeria. The program’s vision is to increase smallholder chicken production and productivity growth as a pathway out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The program was led b...
Dessie, Tadelle
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Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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Goromela, E.H.
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Assefa, G.
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Bamidele, O.
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Mbaga, S.H.
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[Africa Chicken genetic gains project: Availing adapted, farmer-preferred chickens for smallholders in sub- Saharan Africa]
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Africa Chicken genetic gains project: Availing adapted, farmer-preferred chickens for smallholders in sub- Saharan Africa
The with-in selection also known as mass-selection has been considered as the less complex approach being applied for many years in livestock species and yielded significant genetic gains. In Africa, the extent to which mass- selection applied in the genetic improvement of chicken for better perf...
Esatu, Wondmeneh
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[On-station within-breed selection works in Africa: the case of the Horro chicken breeding program in Ethiopia]
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On-station within-breed selection works in Africa: the case of the Horro chicken breeding program in Ethiopia