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Presented by Karen Marshall during the visit to ILRI by Heifer International, 30 January 2018
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ILRI’s Livestock Genetics Program—LiveGene
- ILRI’s Livestock Genetics Program - LiveGene Visit to ILRI by Heifer International 30 January 2018 Karen Marshall, ILRI
- LiveGene Delivering improved genetics to the world’s small-scale livestock keepers Working with partners
- LiveGene Objectives Determine the most appropriate genetic improvement strategies for different livestock production systems. Design and support implementation of sound breeding programs and delivery of the desired genetics Discover the genes responsible for better productivity and resilience and use this information in breeding programs Support the development of policies and institutional arrangements that would enable improved access to, and sustainable use of, livestock genetic resources.
- Project highlight – Senegal Dairy Genetics Project aimed to identify and promote utilization of the most appropriate breed / cross-breed type Various government initiatives to increased dairy productivity through improved genetics - but questions on which breed to promote Collaboration with Heifer International Senegal on domestic biogas training (146 female and 366 male farmers) Partnered with 220 dairy keeping households, with 3000+ cattle, over an almost 2 year period to obtain data
- 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 Indigenous Zebu Indigenous Zebu Indigenous Zebu by Guzerat Indigenous Zebu by Guzerat Indigenous Zebu by Bos Taurus Indigenous Zebu by Bos Taurus High Bos Taurus * ** * ** ** *** **** Household profit (CFA per cow per annum) Milk yield (liters per annum) Breed Management level 8.0 x household profit 7.5 x milk production 2.4 x household profit 3.2 x milk production Project highlight – Senegal Dairy Genetics
- Project highlight – Senegal Dairy Genetics Breed Management level (*) Zebu * Zebu ** Zebu x Guzerat * Zebu x Guzerat ** Zebu x Bos Taurus ** Zebu x Bos Taurus *** High Bos Taurus **** Breed preference – male / female famers +/+ +/+ +/+ +/+ +++/+++ +++/+++ ++/+ Productivity - liters milk / annum 175 568 223 640 508 1,315 1,422 Profitability - CFA / annum/cow 60,235 142,041 65,384 186,670 236,028 479,525 407,441 Environmental sustainability -GHG EI, kg CO2eq/kg protein 338 190 307 165 188 110 108 Food quality - milk protein/fat For milk protein – no difference between breed-types For milk fat – variation between breed-types, but changing trend on parity Food safety - aflatoxin levels in feed Low Medium Low Medium Medium High Very high Equality - gendered impacts Women control income from milk sale in a majority of households Women control income from milk sale in fewer households
- This presentation is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. better lives through livestock ilri.org ILRI thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR system
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