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Minutes of a workshop on Developing Small Ruminant Breeding programs
In Ethiopia there has been different attempts at developing breeding programs either for selective breeding or crossbreeding. Different institutions also follow varying approaches including nucleus and community-based ...
Field solution for the Artificial Insemination of Ethiopian Sheep Breeds 
Ethiopian Sheep and Goat Value Chain Development: This manual offers an overview of reproductive packages to effectively vehicle improved genetics from the communities, to the communities.
A gendered analysis of community profiles of target sites for small ruminant value chain interventions in Ethiopia
Community profiling was conducted to provide an in-depth gendered understanding of the characteristics of the small ruminant value chain intervention sites in Ethiopia. Gender analysis tools and participatory rural ...
Alternative Breeding Scenarios for Abergelle Goat Breed Suited to Arid Climate in Ethiopia
The economic significance of goats in Ethiopia include small initial investment requirement, high survival rate during drought conditions, higher off-take and complementary feeding habit (ESGPP, 2009). These invite improving ...
Combining revealed and stated preferences to define goat breeding objectives in Ethiopia
In order to design a sound community-based genetic improvement program, identifying breeding objective traits and their relative importance is a prerequisite. The study aims to identify goat breeding objectives in three ...
Gendered Value Chain Analysis Training Workshop report
The workshop was organized in response to a perceived need to strengthen the capacity of CRP Livestock and Fish (LAF) research and development partners to conduct a gendered value chain analysis, and apply gender analytical ...
Systematic review and meta-analysis of metacestodes prevalence in small ruminants in Ethiopia
Metacestodes, the larval stages of canid cestode parasites, are among the causes of morbidity, mortality and financial losses in small ruminants in Ethiopia as a result of organ and carcass condemnation at slaughter. Several ...
Gastrointestinal nematode infection in small ruminants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Gastrointestinal (GI) nematode infections are a major health challenge affecting productive and reproductive performance of sheep and goats in Ethiopia. However, there is no comprehensive summary on the occurrence and ...
Evaluation of the agronomic, utilization, nutritive and feeding value of Desho Grass (Pennisetum pedicellatum)
This study comprised of field survey, agronomic trial, laboratory and animal evaluation of desho grass. A total of 240 households (hh) were involved in the field survey conducted to assess the status of desho grass production ...
Rams’ Breeding Soundness Evaluation Year round management for rams that are fit for successful reproduction
This field guide aims to increase the awareness of small ruminant farmers in evaluating the mating ability of rams and on how to select and/or purchase good breeding males.