Haile A., Duguma G., Mirkena T., Tibbo M., Mwai O., Barbara R., Iñiguez L., Wurzinger M. and Sölkner J.

April 2010

The good news is …

The  project  works  on  adapted  indigenous  breeds  with  full  involvement  of  the  communi9es    

And the not so good news is …

Designing community-based breeding strategies for indigenous sheep breeds of smallholders in Ethiopia

The breeds Afar

Bonga Horro Menz

Improved productivity and income of sheep owners by providing access to improved animals that respond to improved feeding and management, targeting specific market opportunities.

Introduction Within- breed selection programs based on proven approaches from the North and importation of exotic breeds for breed replacement and/or crossbreeding have in many cases failed. New thinking, involving local communities and institutions, is needed in the design of breeding strategies and implementation of resulting programs. This project is implementing community-based breeding strategies for resource-poor sheep owners in different regions of Ethiopia.

Goals

Outputs

•  Description of the production systems •  Participatory methodologies for definition of breeding goals •  Community based sheep breeding plans implemented •  Training on various aspects •  Influence breeding policy in Ethiopia

Defini&on  of    breeding  goals  

Descrip&on    of  the    produc&on    system  

Assessing    market    access  

Impact  assessment  

Process in designing community-based breeding strategy

Assessing    tradi&onal    

ins&tu&ons    and    policies    

Developing  breeding    strategy  

Implemen&ng    breeding  strategy  

Evalua&on  of  results  

Defini&on    of    breeding    

goals  

The  consequences  of  an  improved  gene9c  poten9al  on  the  individual  animal,  the  flock  and  community  are  yet  to  be  studied