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
Availability of appropriate genetics is important for the development of Smallholder Poultry (SHP) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The biological potential of improved dual purpose chicken strains was evaluated in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria. A total of 8 strains (Funaab Alpha, Horro, Noiler, ShikaBrow...
Bamidele, O.
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Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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Adebambo, O.
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Assefa, G.
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Abegaz, S.
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Esatu, Wondmeneh
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Goromela, E.H.
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Mbaga, S.H.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[On-station performance evaluation of improved tropically adapted chicken strains for smallholder poultry production systems in sub- Saharan Africa]
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On-station performance evaluation of improved tropically adapted chicken strains for smallholder poultry production systems in sub- Saharan Africa
Economic contributions of interventions that aims to improve village chicken production through dual-purpose improved breeds-based production system was estimated using recently conducted production and marketing surveys in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania. The data were collected from sample of vi...
Yitayih, Mulugeta
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Esatu, Wondmeneh
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Geremew, Kumlachew
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Yemane, Tsion
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Economic contribution of tropically adapted and more productive breeds based village chicken production in sub-Saharan Africa: ACGG model]
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Economic contribution of tropically adapted and more productive breeds based village chicken production in sub-Saharan Africa: ACGG model
A cluster-randomized study design has evaluated the effect of the ATONU and ACGG interventions on the primary outcome of dietary diversity among women of reproductive age in smallholder poultry producing households. Data were collected between November 2016 and May 2018 at three time points: base...
Geremew, Kumlachew
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Madzivhandila, T.
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Sibanda, S.
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Majele, L.
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Mkhandawire, B.
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Gunaratna, N.
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Kinabo, J.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Nutrition outcomes in women and children in rural farming households]
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Nutrition outcomes in women and children in rural farming households
Smallholder poultry (SHP) are kept in scavenging, small scale, free-range and backyard systems which depend for feed and nutrition on the scavengeable feed resource base (SFRB). The quantity and quality of SFRB varies with season, altitude, climatic conditions, farming activities and village floc...
Essien, E.
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Goromela, E.H.
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Olukosi, A.O.
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Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems]
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Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
Unger, Fred
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Siregar, E.S.
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Priyono, W.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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McLaws, M.
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Jost, Christine
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Mariner, Jeffrey C.
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[HPAI vaccination efficacy in Kampong chicken in Java: selected first results of a field trial testing booster versus non-booster vaccination regimes]
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HPAI vaccination efficacy in Kampong chicken in Java: selected first results of a field trial testing booster versus non-booster vaccination regimes
In 2008 a breeding program to increase production level in indigenous chickens was initiated at the Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center in Ethiopia and is currently producing its 8th generation. Aim of this paper was to evaluate the success of the breeding program. Selection was on own perfor...
Wondmeneh, E.
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Waaij, E.H. van der
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Dessie, Tadelle
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Arendonk, Johan A.M. van
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[A running breeding program for indigenous chickens in Ethiopia: Evaluation of success]
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A running breeding program for indigenous chickens in Ethiopia: Evaluation of success
Traditional ‘random’ sampling strategy for molecular characterization has revealed low genetic differentiation and weak genetic structure among Asian and African indigenous, non-descript chicken populations although
they carried high within-population phenotypic and molecular genetic diversity. I...
Samaraweera, A.M.
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Silva, P.
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Abeykone, N.D.F.
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Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Han Jianlin
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[Population genetic structure of Sri Lankan backyard chicken flocks: Implication for conservation and genetic improvement programs]
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Population genetic structure of Sri Lankan backyard chicken flocks: Implication for conservation and genetic improvement programs
Aklilu, E.
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Gebreyesus, G.
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Kebede, K.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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[Quantitative morphological traits as a measure of genetic diversity for two indigenous chicken ecotypes in Ethiopia]
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Quantitative morphological traits as a measure of genetic diversity for two indigenous chicken ecotypes in Ethiopia