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Developing optimised cattle breeding schemes, with a special focus on trypanotolerance, based on the demands and opportunities of poor livestock-keepers
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| Coordinating organisation: | Institute of Animal Sciences |
| Description: | The main objectives of the project are to identify poor farmers’ demand for genetic improvement and identify routes by which they can participate and access improved genetic material; to assess ways by which farmers can make efficient use of improved genetic materials via community based management. In this context one emphasis will be on identification of superior trypanotolerant genotypes and investigation of the barriers to disseminating such genotypes. In addition, optimal technical designs of animal breeding programs that address the needs and preferences of the farmers will be designed. Finally the combination of the results of the project’s activities should lead into recommendations for practical and appropriate genetic improvement design for (Eastern) Africa. |
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| Start: | 2003-10-01 |
| End: | 2007-10-01 |
| Total number of staff: | 6 |
| Number of staff abroad: | 5 |
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| ARD-theme: | animal breeding animal health |
| Target country: | Germany Kenya Switzerland |
| Commodity: | cattle |
| Ecosystem: | humid tropical |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2007-11-28 16:04:27 |