Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia
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Solomon Gizaw Assefa, Tesfaye Getachew, Zewdu Edea, Tadele Mirkena, Gemeda Duguma, Markos Tibbo, Barbara Rischkowsky, Ally Okeyo Mwai, Tadelle Dessie, Maria Wurzinger, Johann Sölkner, Aynalem Haile. (1/8/2013). Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia. Aleppo, Syria: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
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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 (Menz), perennial crop-livestock (Bonga), and cereal-livestock (Horro) production systems. The paper also provides a model framework for characterizing the indigenous sheep production and breeding practices of traditional sheep producers in Ethiopia as a basis for designing suitable community-based breeding programs. Sections 1-3 of the paper present introduction to, objectives and study framework of the ICARDA-ILRI-BOKU research project.
Chapters 4 and 5 give highlights, respectively, on sheep breeding strategies and the basis for designing community-based breeding programs in Ethiopia. Section 6.1 analyses indigenous sheep production and breeding strategies and practices of sheep farming communities. The paper closes with a synthesis of approaches to the design of community-based breeding programs including definition of breeding objectives, designing, optimizing and implementing community-based breeding programs in section 6.2.
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Gizaw Assefa, Solomonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7489-062X
Getachew, Tesfayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0544-6314
Rischkowsky, Barbarahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-471X
Mwai, Ally Okeyohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-7801
Dessie, Tadellehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-0417
Haile, Aynalemhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5914-0487
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