An exploratory survey was undertaken to understand sheep production system, breeding practices and selection criteria for Ethiopian Menz and Afar sheep breeds in their home tract as a step towards developing sustainable sheep breeding strategies. The mean sheep flock size was 31.6 in Menz and 23....
Getachew, T.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Tibbo, Markos
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Sharma, A.K.
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Sölkner, J.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[Herd management and breeding practices of sheep owners in a mixed crop-livestock and a pastoral system of Ethiopia]
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Herd management and breeding practices of sheep owners in a mixed crop-livestock and a pastoral system of Ethiopia
In order to describe the ways of handling, processing and marketing of milk in urban and peri-urban production systems of the North western Ethiopian highlands, 256 and 54 dairy farms were selected for survey and monitoring data collection, respectively.
Due to poor market access and high tra...
Alemayehu, Y.A.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Tegegne, Azage
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Zollitsch, W.
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[Handling, processing and marketing of milk in the North western Ethiopian highlands]
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Handling, processing and marketing of milk in the North western Ethiopian highlands
This paper uses household and key informant survey data from Ethiopia to: (1) understand the organizational structures that influence change in dairy production systems; (2) explore how local-level innovation system networks are functioning in the smallholder dairy production and (3) identify int...
Asres, A.
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Sölkner, J.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[Livestock innovation systems and networks: Findings from smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia]
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Livestock innovation systems and networks: Findings from smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia
Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Tibbo, Markos
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Sölkner, J.
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[Community-based breeding programs for adapted sheep breeds in Ethiopia]
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Community-based breeding programs for adapted sheep breeds in Ethiopia
Tadele, M.
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Duguma, G.
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William, A.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Iniguez, L.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Sölkner, J.
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[Indigenous sheep genetic improvement schemes for Ethiopian smallholder farmers and pastoralists]
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Indigenous sheep genetic improvement schemes for Ethiopian smallholder farmers and pastoralists
Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Tibbo, Markos
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Sölkner, J.
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[The genetics of adaptation in domestic farm animals: a review]
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The genetics of adaptation in domestic farm animals: a review
High altitude pulmonary hypertension is common in cattle at high altitude areas. The extent of proneness, epidemiology, and genetics of the disease is not, however, known in Ethiopia where a large proportion of the area is at altitudes above 2700 m. To learn about adaptive characteristics of catt...
Wuletaw, Z.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Holt, T.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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Sölkner, J.
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[Assessment of physiological adaptation of indigenous and crossbred cattle to hypoxic environment in Ethiopia]
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Assessment of physiological adaptation of indigenous and crossbred cattle to hypoxic environment in Ethiopia
Gizaw, Solomon
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Getachew, T.
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Edea, Z.
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Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Tibbo, Markos
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Dessie, Tadelle
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Sölkner, J.
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Haile, Aynalem
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[Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia: A basis for designing community-based breeding programs]
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Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia: A basis for designing community-based breeding programs
Identification of breeding objective traits pertinent to specific production environments with the involvement of target beneficiaries is crucial to the success of a breed improvement program. A choice experiment was conducted in four locations representing different production systems and agro-e...
Duguma, G.
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Mirkena, T.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Tibbo, Markos
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Sölkner, J.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[Identification of smallholder farmers and pastoralists’ preferences for sheep breeding traits: choice model approach]
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Identification of smallholder farmers and pastoralists’ preferences for sheep breeding traits: choice model approach
Haile, Aynalem
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Mueller, J.
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Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Rekik, Mourad
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Mwacharo, Joram M.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Sölkner, J.
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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[Guidelines for setting up community-based small ruminants breeding programs: Second edition]
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Guidelines for setting up community-based small ruminants breeding programs: Second edition