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