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Presently, research on goats is less developed than on cattle, sheep and pigs in spite of the world-wide significance of goat farming. In the year 2000, the countries with low levels of income produced 33% of all technical papers published on goats around the world, while having 81% of the world...


Morand-Fehr, P.Lebbie, S.H.B.[Proposals for improving the research efficiency in goats]Proposals for improving the research efficiency in goats

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) uses partnerships and collaborative arrangements to ensure that its limited human and financial resources for improving the productivity of animal agriculture are used to best effect. The most important partners for ILRI are national scientist...


Smalley, M.E.Eley, R.Lebbie, S.H.B.[Strengthening partnerships with national agricultural systems for more effective livestock research]Strengthening partnerships with national agricultural systems for more effective livestock research

Discusses the need for a network approach to overcome productivity constraints in African livestock. Looks into the African Small Ruminant Research Network and discusses its intention, structure as well as training and research activities.


Wilson, R.T.Lebbie, S.H.B.[Collaborative research networks as means to increasing the productivity of African goats and sheep]Collaborative research networks as means to increasing the productivity of African goats and sheep

Goat research is organised at various levels in Africa with divers key players, interests and approaches. The paper presents an overview of these levels, the forces that mitigate against goat research and Development and suggests some measures that can address these constraints.


Lebbie, S.H.B.[Organisation of goat research: The African perspective]Organisation of goat research: The African perspective

Survival of indigenous goats in Kenya is at risk: due to exotic breed importation and indiscriminate crossbreeding. Phenotypic description of goats with an aim of determining their improvement, utilization and conservation is important. Phenotypic characteristics of 139 East African Goats were re...


Indetie, D.Karimi, S.Wandera, F.Lebbie, S.H.B.Okeyo Mwai, Ally[Phenotypic characterization of East African goats in Baringo District of Kenya]Phenotypic characterization of East African goats in Baringo District of Kenya

The potential for goat research and Development (R & D) to impact the economic Development of developing countries, particularly in the smallholder sector, cannot be overemphasised. But goat (R & D) has been marginalised in most of these countries, unfortunately. Some of the major underlying reas...


Lebbie, S.H.B.[Strategies to promote goat research and technology transfer]Strategies to promote goat research and technology transfer

SACCAR\92s strategy emphasizes that dynamic, productive and responsive agricultural research systems are essential to realizing the food security potential of the SADC region and the continuous Development of technologies for different sectors of agriculture will depend on a co-ordinated effort b...


Lebbie, S.H.B.[The framework for regional collaboration in animal agriculture: The SADC Animal Agriculture Network (SAARNET)]The framework for regional collaboration in animal agriculture: The SADC Animal Agriculture Network (SAARNET)
Lebbie, S.H.B.Fitzhugh, H.A.[ILRI, a new international livestock research institute with a global mandate]ILRI, a new international livestock research institute with a global mandate
Wilson, R.T.Lebbie, S.H.B.[Increasing the productivity of African goats and sheep by means of collaborative research networks]Increasing the productivity of African goats and sheep by means of collaborative research networks

This paper first presents an introduction about the workshop, which includes background and aims. It then outlines the relevance of the workshop to the realization of the SACCAR mandate and objectives; and summarises the objectives and the expected outputs of the workshop. It ends with the worksh...


Lebbie, S.H.B.[Introduction: Workshop objectives and expected outputs]Introduction: Workshop objectives and expected outputs

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