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Conservation and Utilitsation of Livestock Genetik Resources to Benefit Poor Farmers
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| Name (native language): | Indigene Selektionskriterien und genetische Diversität bei afrikanischen Ankole Rindern |
| Coordinating organisation: | International Livestock Research Institute |
| Description: | Breeding programmes implemented in developing countries using methodology from developed countries have often failed. The causes for such failures are numerous, one might be that the improved animals do not meet the standards of livestock keepers. This is related to intangible values which will often be missed by scientific breeding goals. This project aims at testing established and developing new methods of evaluating intangible values for selection decisions, using Ankole cattle as a reference. The Ankole breed is a good example as its huge horns seem to defy scientific breeding goals. The Ankole is kept by pastoralists with little access to markets. The study is carried out in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. In addition, phenotypic and genetic diversity within the breed across these countries will be studied. For the study of the production system and indigenous knowledge different methods of participatory rural appraisal will be applied. Workshops will be held with farmers to get general information. For more detailed information single households interviews will be conducted. |
| Start: | 2004-03-01 |
| End: | 2007-02-28 |
| Species: | cattle |
| Total number of staff: | 4 |
| Number of staff abroad: | 1 |
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| ARD-theme: | animal production animal genetic resources development policies poverty |
| Target country: | Austria |
| Commodity: | cattle |
| Ecosystem: | tropical subtropics |
| Activity: | research |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 1 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2006-06-02 19:43:59 |