designing and implementation of community-based breeding programs for adapted local sheep breeds in...
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Presented by Haile, A., Duguma, G., Mirkena, T., Tibbo, M., Iñiguez, L., Rischkowsky, B., Okeyo, M., Wurzinger, M. and Sölkner, J. at the 5th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture and the 18th Annual Meeting of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), Addis Ababa, October 25-28, 2010TRANSCRIPT
Designing and implementation of community-based breeding programs for adapted local sheep breeds in Ethiopia
Presented by Haile A., Duguma G., Mirkena T., Tibbo M., Iñiguez L., Rischkowsky B., Okeyo M., Wurzinger M. and Sölkner J. for the 5th All Africa Conference on Animal
Agriculture and the 18th Annual Meeting of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP), Addis Ababa, October 25-28, 2010
OARI
Community based breeding
• Genetic improvement of
livestock remains a
challenge
• Centralized within-breed
selection and
crossbreeding programs
have failed
• New thinking – involving
local communities and
institutions in the design,
implementation and
ownership of breeding
strategies
Goals
Improved productivity and income of sheep owners by providing access to improved animals that respond to improved feeding and management, targeting specific market opportunities
The project sites
The sheep breeds
How did we start?
• Planning workshop
• Criteria for community selection
• Project team structure
• Official launching and announcement of the
project at district level
Description of the production
system
Assessing market access
Impactassessment
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Designing community-based breeding
Assessing traditional
institutions and policies
Definition of breeding goals
Developingbreeding strategy
Implementing breeding strategy
Evaluationof results
Developingguidelines
Description of production systems
Survey/ measurements/observation
Study on constraints to market
Definition of breeding goals
A. Own-flock ranking based on farmer’s choice
B. Ranking of groups of live animals
Brown Black
C. Hypothetical choice experiment
Workshop to study community breeding practices
• Current animal management practices
• Envisaged animal management practices
• Social network analysis
Modeling alternative breeding plans
• ZPLAN (18 alternatives produced)
• Four alternatives were presented
– Varied based on the proportion of rams
selected (10 and 15%) and length of
use of rams (2 and 3 years)
• Color and tail type were preferred and
considered
• Three traits for each breed were identified
Workshop with community to choose among the alternatives
• Present the alternatives
• Decide on selection
approaches
• Discuss ram exchange
schemes
• Discuss recording
options
Trait preferences
Menz Horro Bonga Afar
Option 10% intensity
2 years ram use
10% intensity
2 years RU
10% intensty
2 years RU
10% intensty
3 years RU
Traits Fleece weight
Growth Lamb
survival
Growth Twining rateLamb
survival
GrowthTwining
rateLS
Milk pdnGrowthLS
Implementation of the preferred option
• Animal identification
• Recruitment of data recording personnel
• Development of data recording format
• Data collection
• Selection of breeding rams
• Animal show and award
• Purchase of selected ram lambs by way of
availing revolving fund- Revert negative
selection
Selection of breeding rams
Animal Show and Award
Outputs/impacts
• Functional breeding programs
• Awareness creation
• Health and feed interventions
• Market linkages
• Publications
• Graduate students
• Capacity building at different levels
General conclusions
• Community involvement is crucial for success
• Researcher’s should act as catalysts and facilitators
providing options to farmers to make decisions
based on scientific evidence
• For implementation it is essential to have all
stakeholders involved right from the start: this
increases commitment and therefore efficiency and
sustainability
• Match interventions to production system
• Genetic improvement need to be supported by other
interventions