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Community based livestock breeding programmes: Essentials and examples

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Title Community based livestock breeding programmes: Essentials and examples
 
Creator Mueller, J.P.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Haile, Aynalem
Philipsson, J.
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Besbes, B.
Valle-Zárate, A.
Tibbo, Markos
Mirkena, T.
Duguma, G.
Sölkner, Johann
Wurzinger, Maria
 
Subject animal breeding
livestock
 
Description Breeding programmes described as community-based (CBBP) typically relate to low-input systems with farmers having a common interest to improve and share their genetic resources. CBBPs are more frequent with keepers of small ruminants, in particular smallholders of local breeds, than with cattle, pigs or chickens with which farmers may have easier access to alternative programmes. Constraints that limit the adoption of conventional breeding technologies in low-input systems cover a range of organizational and technical aspects. The analysis of 8 CBBPs located in countries of Latin-America, Africa and Asia highlights the importance of bottom-up approaches and involvement of local institutions in the planning and implementation stages. The analysis also reveals a high dependence of these programmes on organizational, technical and financial support. Completely self-sustained CBBPs seem to be difficult to realize. There is a need to implement and document formal socio-economic evaluations of CBBPs to provide governments and other development agencies with the information necessary for creating sustainable CBBPs at larger scales.
 
Date 2015-04
2015-08-09T10:25:19Z
2015-08-09T10:25:19Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mueller, J.P., Rischkowsky, B., Haile, A., Philipsson, J., Okeyo, A.M., Besbes, B., Valle Zárate, A., Tibbo, M., Mirkena, T., Duguma, G., Solkner, J. and Wurzinger, M. 2015. Community based livestock breeding programmes: Essentials and examples. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 132(2):155–168.
0931-2668
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67889
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12136
 
Language en
 
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Limited Access
 
Format p. 155-168
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Source Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics