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

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

Description of the production system Assessing market access Impact assessment Process in designing community-based breeding strategy Designing community-based breeding Assessing traditional institutions and policies Definition of breeding goals Developing breeding strategy Implementing breeding strategy Evaluation of results Developing guidelines

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

Trait preferences Milk pdn Growth LS Growth Twining rate LS Growth Twining rate Lamb survival Fleece weight Growth Lamb survival Traits 10% intensty 3 years RU 10% intensty 2 years RU 10% intensity 2 years RU 10% intensity 2 years ram use Option Afar Bonga Horro Menz

Selection of breeding rams

Animal Show and Award

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