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To mulch or to munch? Big modelling of big data
African farmers are poorly resourced, highly diverse and aground by poverty traps making them rather impervious
to change. As a consequence R4D efforts usually result in benefits but also trade-offs that constraint ...
Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species
The red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the main progenitor of domestic chicken, the
commonest livestock species, outnumbering humans by an approximate ratio of six
to one. The genetic control for production traits have been ...
Gender Differentiated Preferences for a Community-Based Conservation Initiative
Community-based conservation (CBC) aims to benefit local people as well as to achieve
conservation goals, but has been criticised for taking a simplistic view of “community” and
failing to recognise differences in the ...
Mitochondrial DNA variation reveals maternal origins and demographic dynamics of Ethiopian indigenous goats
The Horn of Africa forms one of the two main historical entry points of domestics
into the continent and Ethiopia is particularly important in this regard. Through the
analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) d-loop
region ...
Understanding farmers’ preference for traits of chickens in rural Ethiopia
Traditional poultry production plays an irreplaceable role in the sustenance of liveli-
hoods in rural Ethiopia. Ironically, however, much has been done to replace indigenous
poultry breeds with exotic genetic resources ...
Optimizing breeding structures and related management in community-based goat breeding programs in the Borana pastoral system of Ethiopia
The study simulated different potential breeding programs to design the optimal breeding structure and operational management structure for Borana goat. It evaluated different scenarios using ZPLAN+ software to maximize ...
Assessment of the sensory quality and shelf stability of selected Horro beef muscles in Ethiopia
The objective of this work was to assess sensory quality and retail life of Horro beef muscles in Ethiopia. Six muscles: M. rhomboideus (RM), M. infraspinatus (IS), M. longissimus lumborum (LL), M. semimembranosus (SM), ...
Antibodies against MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels, Kenya, 1992–2013
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV)
was discovered in a patient from Saudi Arabia
in 2012 and has since caused ≥250 human infections and
93 deaths (1). The evolutionary origins of MERS-CoV and
related ...
Morphological and agronomic characterisation of a collection of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and P-purpureum x P-glaucum
A collection of 53 accessions of Pennisetum purpureum and P. purpureum x P. glaucum maintained in the field genebank of the International Livestock Research Institute was described using 8 agronomic characters and 20 ...
Phytosanitary Interventions for Safe Global Germplasm Exchange and the Prevention of Transboundary Pest Spread: The Role of CGIAR Germplasm Health Units
The inherent ability of seeds (orthodox, intermediate, and recalcitrant seeds and vegetative
propagules) to serve as carriers of pests and pathogens (hereafter referred to as pests) and the risk
of transboundary spread ...