Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia

There is critical need to improve productivity of indigenous goat breeds in order to sustain supply of food and income to communities living in harsher areas that are coming to relay more and more on the drought tolerant commodity; goats, due to changing climate. To this end, a community-based goat...

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Main Authors: Dessie, Tadelle, Gebreyesus, G., Mekuriaw, Getinet, Woldu, T., Jembere, T., Agaba, Morris, Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: American Society of Animal Science 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78501
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author Dessie, Tadelle
Gebreyesus, G.
Mekuriaw, Getinet
Woldu, T.
Jembere, T.
Agaba, Morris
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Dessie, Tadelle
Gebreyesus, G.
Jembere, T.
Mekuriaw, Getinet
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Woldu, T.
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description There is critical need to improve productivity of indigenous goat breeds in order to sustain supply of food and income to communities living in harsher areas that are coming to relay more and more on the drought tolerant commodity; goats, due to changing climate. To this end, a community-based goat breeding project is being implemented in 5 zones of Ethiopia by ILRI and its partners. Designing of the breeding programs proceeded phenotypic and molecular characterization of the indigenous Ethiopian goat breeds. The characterization studies revealed that ample genetic diversity exists between and within the indigenous goat breeds pointing hug potential to tap for improving productivity amid a changing climate. Participatory definition of trait preferences was undertaken to pave the way for deriving economic weights of traits to develop selection indices.
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spelling CGSpace785012025-11-04T16:28:07Z Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia Dessie, Tadelle Gebreyesus, G. Mekuriaw, Getinet Woldu, T. Jembere, T. Agaba, Morris Okeyo Mwai, Ally environment animal breeding goats research There is critical need to improve productivity of indigenous goat breeds in order to sustain supply of food and income to communities living in harsher areas that are coming to relay more and more on the drought tolerant commodity; goats, due to changing climate. To this end, a community-based goat breeding project is being implemented in 5 zones of Ethiopia by ILRI and its partners. Designing of the breeding programs proceeded phenotypic and molecular characterization of the indigenous Ethiopian goat breeds. The characterization studies revealed that ample genetic diversity exists between and within the indigenous goat breeds pointing hug potential to tap for improving productivity amid a changing climate. Participatory definition of trait preferences was undertaken to pave the way for deriving economic weights of traits to develop selection indices. 2014-08-22 2016-12-23T06:53:36Z 2016-12-23T06:53:36Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78501 en Open Access application/pdf American Society of Animal Science Dessie, T., Gebreyesus, G., Mekuriaw, G., Woldu, T., Jembere, T., Agaba, M., Okeyo, A.M. 2014. Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia. IN: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, Canada, 17-22 August 2014. Champaign, USA: American Society of Animal Science.
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animal breeding
goats
research
Dessie, Tadelle
Gebreyesus, G.
Mekuriaw, Getinet
Woldu, T.
Jembere, T.
Agaba, Morris
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia
title Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia
title_full Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia
title_fullStr Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia
title_short Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia
title_sort participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of ethiopia
topic environment
animal breeding
goats
research
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78501
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