Performance of the sheep breeders' cooperatives in Ethiopia
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Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky. (22/11/2021). Performance of the sheep breeders' cooperatives in Ethiopia.
Abstract
Ethiopia priority country project is a 3-year project designed to consolidate the individual pilot
interventions CRP research has been implementing since 2012 and translate that into a pilot
integrated package. The project will generate evidence needed to attract development investment
to take the intervention packages to scale by national development partners.
Genetics is one of the intervention packages which was included with the rational that small
ruminant producers in Ethiopia had little or no access to genetically improved sheep and goat
breeding animals. There was little capacity and skills and no supporting infrastructure in the national
system to support breeding programs for smallholder sheep and goat producer. ICARDA and ILRI
have worked on community-based breeding programs in Ethiopia since 2009. Successes and still
existing challenges are well documented. The focus in this project is to make sure that improved
genetic material from CBBPs reach the base population.
Genetics flagship has three major areas of intervention in the SMaRT pack:
(1) Access to improved sheep/goat genetics through CBBPs and selected breeders in new target
villages,
(2) Fully certified breeding sires to support the business model of CBBPs (links to Health and
LLAFS),
(3) Fertility improvement package to enhance sheep and goat reproduction
For efficient delivery on the three areas and overall implementation of CBBP, establishment of
breeders’ cooperatives has been identified as the institutional set up followed for implementation
and sustainability of the scheme. This report highlights the performance of the sheep breeders'
cooperatives in three sites, namely Bonga, Doyogena and Menz.
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Haile, Aynalem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5914-0487
Getachew, Tesfaye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0544-6314
Rekik, Mourad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-2017
Rischkowsky, Barbara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-471X
Getachew, Tesfaye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0544-6314
Rekik, Mourad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-2017
Rischkowsky, Barbara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-471X