Presented by Oladeji Bamidele at the Third ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 2 December 2016

1. African Chicken Genetic Gains
ACGG-Nigeria Report
Third ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 2
December 2016
Oladeji Bamidele

2. Nigeria Team Members
PI- Prof E.B. Sonaiya Co-PI 1: Prof (Mrs) A.O.
Adebambo
Co-PI 2: Prof I.A.
Adeyinka
NPC : Dr Oladeji
Bamidele
SNCs
Zone 1 SNC: Dr (Mrs)
O.O. Alabi
Zone 2 SNC: Dr
(Mrs) F.O. Ajayi
Zone 3 SNC: Prof
(Mrs) U.E. Ogundu
Zone 4 SNC:
Dr A. Yakubu
Zone 5 SNC: Prof
W.A.A. Hassan

3. Major Activities to Report
1. Baseline survey
2. On-farm testing
3. On-station testing
4. Innovation platforms
5. Capacity building

4. Project Sites
Agroecological map Source: IITA

5. Sample Size for Baseline and On-Farm Testing
Subnational
Zones
(States)
No of Local
Government
Areas
No of
Villages
No of
Households
surveyed
No of
Households
to receive
chickens
Kebbi 6 12 240 504
Kwara 6 12 240 504
Nasarawa 6 12 240 504
Imo 6 12 240 504
Rivers 6 12 240 504
Total 30 60 1200 2520

6. Flock Size Per Household
Zones (agro-ecology) No of
Respondents
Ave. no. of chicken
Imo (Humid/rain forest) 234 25
Kebbi (Sudan Savanna) 222 28
Kwara (Southern guinea Savanna) 240 29
Nasarawa (Derived Savanna) 238 28
Rivers (Humid/fresh water swamp) 234 29
Total 1168 28

7. Ranking of objectives of keeping chicken
Production objectives Rank index of chicken production purpose and objectives
Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasarawa River
Meat consumption 0.46 0.35 0.45 0.36 0.44
Egg consumption 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.01 0.04
Meat sale 0.02 0.02 0.11 0.02 0.04
Egg sale 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02
Chick sale 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.02
Ceremonies/festivals 0.06 0.28 ** 0.06 0.18 ** 0.11 **
Give away 0.02 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.05
Cock fighting 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
Live adult chicken sale 0.37 0.20 0.20 0.33 0.28

8. Perceptions of farmers on attributes of good
chickens
Qualities/attributes of a
good chicken
Rank index of qualities/attributes of a good chicken
Cockerels Hen
Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasarawa River Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasaraw
a
River
large body size and weight 0.29 0.32 0.29 0.26 0.08 0.03 0.06 0.02 0.09 0.02
less illness 0.17 0.15 0.20 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.12 0.05 0.12 0.09
meat taste better 0.23 0.16 0.16 0.18 0.37 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.16
good physical appearance 0.09 0.21 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.04
lives a long time 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.10 0.14 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.06
good fighter 0.03 0.01 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00
feed efficient 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.08 0.04
Produce a lot of eggs 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.24 0.40 0.45 0.29 0.30
Produces better tasting eggs 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.08
Produce eggs with
harder/thicker shell
0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.08 0.05 0.01
Produce chicks with high 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.29 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.20

9. 2016 Timeline for On-station Testing
Objectives Activities Outcome Status
To start testing the
Strains on stations
Sign Service Agreements for
supply of three Local
germplasm
Purchase of Hatchable Eggs for
each of the three Local
Germplasms
Completed
Secure License for import of
Kuroiler and Sasso
Importation of Hatchable Eggs
for the foreign Germplasm Completed
Sign Service Agreement with
Feedmill, Hatcheries and
Trainer of On-Station Data
Collectors
Feed supply secured; Day old
chicks of 5 germplasms
produced; Trained Data
Collectors available
Completed
Monitoring and data collection On-Station Testing On-going

10. 2016 Timeline for On-Farm Testing
Objectives Activities Outcome Status
To start testing
the Strains on
local,
scavenging
village
conditions
Identification of more
Households
Recruitment of Field
Officers (FO)
Sign Service agreements
with Brooder Farms in
each zone
FO’s Training at the Zones
Distribution of 42 day
Finalize On-farm Protocol
Hatched chicks brooded to
42 days
Trained FOs available to
collect data
Households receive 42
days growers
On-farm Testing
Completed
On-going

11. Test Germplasms

12. Germplasms – Hatching & Distribution
S/n Germplasms Distribution
1 Sasso All 5 States
2 Kuroiler KB, NS, RV
3 ShikaBrown KW, IM, RV
4 FUNAAB alpha All 5 States
5 Fulani All 5 States
85 81
74
60 55
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Hatchery Records
Fertility (%)
Hatchability (%)

13. On-station Test – Preliminary Data
Stations used - FUNAAB (Public Institution) & FOL-HOPE FARMS (Private sector)
Mortality during brooding < 2.5% across all breeds.
0.257
0.222
0.501
0.408
0.345
0.313
0.637
0.5580.552
0.457
Male Female
Body Weight (kg) after 6 weeks of Brooding
Fulani FUNAAB alpha ShikaBrown Kuroiler Sasso

14. On-station Test – Preliminary Data
1.344
0.954
2.591
1.8741.902
1.546
2.865
2.287
2.982
2.241
Male Female
Body Weight (kg) at 20 weeks
Fulani FUNAAB alpha ShikaBrown Kuroiler Sasso

15. Live and Carcass Evaluation
20 week old cocks of: ShikaBrown,
FUNAAB alpha, Fulani, Kuroiler & Sasso
Data Collection
 Morphometrics
 Haematological Parameters
 Carcass analysis: meat, fat, bone
 Rectal Temperature

16. On-Farm Test: The 60 Field Officers
Female: 44% Male: 56% Photo credit: ACGG-NG FOs Database

17. Bird Distribution
Photo credit: Kwara & Nasarawa States
• Four Strains per State - 25 birds per Household

18. 2016 Timeline on Innovation Platform and Capacity
Building
Objective Activities Outcome Status
Strengthen the
National
Platform
Meetings
Form Task forces to
address the
innovation challenges
Solutions found to the use of
paravets
Marketing and branding are
tackled at scale
On-going
Develop Business
Hubs in each of
the 5 Zones
Develop a model for a
smallholder poultry
producers group
Decision taken to start form group
formation
On-going
Build capacity in
smallholder
research
Announced the ACGG
Fellowship
Screened applications
2 applicants found qualified
Announcement to be repeated
On-going

19. Innovation Platforms held in 2016
2 National Innovation Platforms: March & Sept.
Policy shift in the use of Para-vets
Development of business ideas &
ventures
Formation of smallholder chicken
group
Market development and product
branding 26 -27th September, 2016
15 - 16th March, 2016

20. Partnerships developed and strengthened
ACGG-NG
Animal Health Care Providers (7)
 Veterinary Services
TOPFEEDS
 Feed
Brooder Farms (8)
 Brooding Services
Fol-Hope Farms
 Hatchery, Breeder
farm (ShikaBrown),
On-station
National Agric. Res. System (NARS)
 FUNAAB (FUNAAB alpha & On-station),
NAPRI (ShikaBrown)
1st Agro Limited
 Breeder farm (Fulani)Tertiary Institutions (9)
 Capacity Building
Fed. Ministry of Agric. &
Rural Dev.
 Policy, Import Permits
Chickmaster - UG
Silverlands - TZ
Fowlsellers/Poultry Asso.,
Propcom Mai-karfi
 Markets
 Advocacy (Smallholder
Poultry)

21. National Colloquium on Poultry Breeding &
Genetics
 Objectives
• Share poultry breeding experiences
• Discuss data & infrastructure needs for long-
term genetic improvement of farmer-
preferred strains
 Outcomes
• A public-private National Poultry Innovation Centre
• Commitment to animal records keeping
• Requested training in large data analysis

22. 2017 Proposed Areas of Emphasis
S/n Targets Timeline
1 Strengthen Public Private Partnerships &
support Innovation Platform Task Forces
Feb & July 2017
2 Finalize ACCG-NG Fellowship awards Feb. 2017
3 Focus on Gender & socio-economic issues Start Jan. 2017
4 Data Driven Publications June 2017
5 Community Level Engagements Start Dec. 2016
6 Village vaccination program every 3 months
Start Dec.

23. Our partners