Development of country based indigenous Domestic
Animal Genetic Resource Information system (C-DAGRIS)
Dessie T., Mamo Y.; Getahun E., and O. Mwai,
Introduction Project duration and major milestones
Genetic diversity of farm animals is being drastically reduced, and Country DAGRIS is a three years project with the following major
consequently threatening the future of agriculture and the well being of milestones
rural communities in Africa, especially those practicing low input •Development of the country-modules of the DAGRIS (ILRI, Year 1)
agricultural systems, and in view of the on-going climate change. •Breed-level information captured and summarized at country level by
participating institutions, Years 1, 2, 3.
The need for effective inventory as well as efficient mechanisms for
•Training on the management of breed-level data on indigenous FAnGR
information sharing is well recognized. Many countries are grappling with
(ILRI, participating institutions, Years 1, 2, and 3).
these issues at a time when they have limited in-country capacities to deal
•Setting up of necessary IT infrastructure (ILRI, participating institutions,
with them, even when they are well aware of the need for them to take
Year 1)
responsibility for the management and improvement of their respective
•Develop functionalities to geo-reference breed-level information in the
FAnGR resources and the information on them.
database (ILRI, Year 1)
A country-based FAnGR Information system would best meet the needs •Establish and strengthening communication and information exchange
of countries. Linked to bibliographical resources, including research network (ILRI participating institutions, Years 2 and 3).
publications, such a system would be invaluable as a source of •End-of-project training and evaluation workshop (ILRI, and participating
information for decision making to support better use of FAnGR, institutions, additional countries will be involved to initiate scaling out of
especially their improvement and conservation, as well as for research the initiative, Year 3).
and teaching.
Objective
The Purpose of the project is to facilitate enhanced sustainable utilization,
improvement and conservation of indigenous livestock for the benefit of
local farmers communities, through the development and delivery of a
systematic breed-level information system at country level.
The specific objectives of this project are:
i)develop country-based Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Information
Systems (DAGRIS) as country resources on which comprehensive and
reliable information on genetic characteristics, productivity and utilization
of African livestock are complied and continuously updated;
ii)to build the requisite human and infrastructural capacity to ensure
maintenance of the country-based DAGRIS and the effective use of this
information to sustainable utilize (i.e. improve and conserve) the
indigenous FAnGR, and
iii)to establish a network for communicating and exchanging such
information among and between the various African institutions.
Implementation Arrangement
Linked to the global Domestic Animal Genetic Resources System
(http://dagris.ilri.cgiar.org/) developed by ILRI, as well as to the FAO’s Project personnel and partners
DAD-IS, country DAGRIS will be developed and administered by a
national institutions in each project country, with technical backstopping Okeyo Mwai
from ILRI and other partners.
Tadelle Dessie
Yetnayet Mamo
GEF Asia projects
The development of country-DAGRIS will include a comprehensive data
RDA of South Korea
collection, entry, including breed survey frameworks, and collation Participating national Institutes
(compilation, verification) by the national partner institutions. The initiative
will specifically respond to the needs of the local farmers, development
practitioners, research and academic community, and policy makers.
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