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Dataset on weight gains inside community-based sheep breeding programs in Ethiopia between 2009 and 2018

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Title Dataset on weight gains inside community-based sheep breeding programs in Ethiopia between 2009 and 2018
 
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/PVA8NA
 
Creator Haile, Aynalem
Getachew, Tesfaye
 
Publisher MELDATA
 
Description In small ruminants, Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) have been suggested as an alternative to centralized government-controlled breeding schemes which were implemented in many developing countries. An innovative methodological framework on how to design, implement and sustain CBBPs was tested in three sites/breeds (Bonga, Horro and Menz) in Ethiopia. In the CBBPs, selection traits identified through participatory approaches were six-month weights in all the three sites, and in Horro and Bonga, where resources, particularly feed and water, permit larger litter sizes, twinning rate was included. Ten years (2009-2018) performance data from the programs were analyzed using Average Information Restricted Maximum Likelihood method (AI-REML). Additionally, socio-economic impact of CBBPs were assessed.

The dataset includes 2 spreadsheets for each site/breed, one showing the data collected after the animal birth, and one the data collected after six months. Results indicated that six months weight, the major selection trait in experimental CBBPs, increased over the years in all breeds.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
sheep
sheep breeding strategies
community-based breeding programs (cbbps)
 
Language English
 
Date 2019-04-10
 
Contributor Pietro Bartolini (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)
International Livestock Research Institute - ILRI
Aynalem Haile (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)
Mourad Rekik (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)
Barbara Rischkowsky (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)
Layal Atassi (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)
Joram Mwashigadi Mwacharo (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)
Tesfaye Getachew (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA)