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Evaluation of Awassi sheep genotypes for growth, milk production and milk composition
We evaluated growth, milk production and composition of Awassi genotypes based on 9 years data collected from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) flock kept in Tal Hadya station, ...
Community-Based Breeding Program is an attractive option for genetic improvement of small ruminants
In small ruminants, centralized breeding schemes, entirely managed and controlled by governments – with minimal, if any, participation by farmers – were developed and implemented in many developing countries. Such programs ...
Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Small Ruminant Breeds in Libya - Field Guide. التوصيف المظهري والجزيئي لسلالات المجترات الصغيرة في ليبيا – الدليل الحقلي
The Field Guide for Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Small Ruminant Breeds in Libya is intended to support animal scientists and technicians in collecting accurate data and applying appropriate sampling procedures ...
The African Goat Improvement Network: a scientific group empowering smallholder farmers
The African Goat Improvement Network (AGIN) is a collaborative group of scientists focused on genetic improvement of goats in small holder communities across the African continent. The group emerged from a series of workshops ...
Community-based sheep breeding programs generated substantial genetic gains and socioeconomic benefits
Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been implemented in many developing countries. An innovative ...
Gender Roles in Agriculture: The Case of Afghanistan
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring
gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender
roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully
understood. ...
Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia
This working paper synthesizes and analyzes the characteristics of the indigenous sheep production and breeding strategies and practices of four sheep farming communities located in pastoral (Amibara), sub-alpine sheep-barley ...
Optimization of selection for growth in Menz Sheep while minimizing inbreeding depression in fitness traits
The genetic trends in fitness (inbreeding, fertility and survival) of a closed nucleus flock of Menz sheep under
selection during ten years for increased body weight were investigated to evaluate the consequences of ...
The shift from pastoral to agro-pastoral livelihood: current challenges and future research priorities
Nomadic pastoralism is a precarious lifestyle and a significant form of land use involving some form of mobility within extensive rangeland areas (WISP, 2007). Pastoralism provides 10% of the world’s meat production and ...
Factors affecting the goat producers choice of market place and Marketing efficiency in Afghanistan
This paper aims to assess the efficiency in marketing goats and to identify the factors influencing the choice of market location for goat producers’ in Baghlan and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan. Goat producers (280) ...