The document discusses ILRI's Livestock Genetics Program from 2014-2024. It sampled over 6,600 animals and collected over 183,000 data points. Through partnerships, it undertook over 77,000 animal inseminations and registered over 66,000 animals across 42,983 enrolled households. The program's goals were to optimize livestock productivity and resilience in the tropics through genetics research, with activities including testing disease resistance, surveying households, and developing improved and indigenous animal strains.

1. LiveGeneILRI’s Livestock Genetics Program
Farmers National
institutions RESEARCH
PROGRAM ON
Livestock
Optimising productivity and
resilience of dairy cattle for the tropics
6,600animals sampled
2.2MSMS sent to farmers
183,000data points on the cows collected
77,060inseminations undertaken by PAID
and captured on the ADGG platform
66,124animals registered
42,983households enrolled
achievements to date
Where we work
Funding and projects
ILRI
strategic
objectives
CGIAR SLOs
SDGs
Synergy
RESEARCH
PROGRAM ON
Livestock
New evidence for innate resistance to East Coast Fever (ECF)
Driven by a well-articulated strategy
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LiveGene
Delivering improved genetics
to the world’s small-scale livestock keepers
ILRI’s Global Livestock Genetics Program
2014–2024
Transgenics approach
to disease resistance
cross-cutting activities: bio-repositories, Informatics and stakeholder engagement
6on-station testing sites
3,665households surveyed
5,859households enrolled
203on-farm villages enrolled
218,600birds tested
10improved strains
indigenous strains
15
achievements to date
This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. March 2018.
In addition to organizations recognized for specific projects and outputs, we thank all donors which globally supported the work of ILRI and its partners through their contributions to the CGIAR system
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