Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds

Smallholder chicken production remains a fundamental part of household livelihood activities in developing countries. It has a range of contributions, including enhancing food and nutritional security, income generation, cultural and religious values, and environmental health. There is growing inter...

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Autores principales: Birhanu, Mulugeta Y., Dessie, Tadelle
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CAB International 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176112
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author Birhanu, Mulugeta Y.
Dessie, Tadelle
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description Smallholder chicken production remains a fundamental part of household livelihood activities in developing countries. It has a range of contributions, including enhancing food and nutritional security, income generation, cultural and religious values, and environmental health. There is growing interest in improving the sub-sector’s production and productivity due to established evidence of its potential contribution to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the context of resource-poor households. Strategies that aim to enhance the sub-sector’s productivity may involve various approaches, including improving the productivity of indigenous chicken ecotypes and introducing high-yielding commercial chicken strains developed for the tropics. This case study presents a brief overview of the sub-sector’s potential contribution to achieving multiple SDGs and possible approaches that can be adopted by developing countries to achieve sustained development in the sub-sector. The case study highlights the need to simultaneously promote indigenous and commercial chicken-based production through context-specific policies and strategies.
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spelling CGSpace1761122025-09-03T06:03:04Z Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds Birhanu, Mulugeta Y. Dessie, Tadelle animal production chickens poultry Smallholder chicken production remains a fundamental part of household livelihood activities in developing countries. It has a range of contributions, including enhancing food and nutritional security, income generation, cultural and religious values, and environmental health. There is growing interest in improving the sub-sector’s production and productivity due to established evidence of its potential contribution to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the context of resource-poor households. Strategies that aim to enhance the sub-sector’s productivity may involve various approaches, including improving the productivity of indigenous chicken ecotypes and introducing high-yielding commercial chicken strains developed for the tropics. This case study presents a brief overview of the sub-sector’s potential contribution to achieving multiple SDGs and possible approaches that can be adopted by developing countries to achieve sustained development in the sub-sector. The case study highlights the need to simultaneously promote indigenous and commercial chicken-based production through context-specific policies and strategies. 2025-04-01 2025-08-14T17:27:00Z 2025-08-14T17:27:00Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176112 en Limited Access CAB International Birhanu, M.Y. and Dessie, T. 2025. Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds. Animal Science Cases 2025: ascs20250011.
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Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
title Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
title_full Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
title_fullStr Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
title_short Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
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chickens
poultry
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