The project will be implemented by four national research centres and will have the following features:
Objectives/Goals
Improved productivity and income of small-scale resource poor sheep producers in Ethiopia by providing access to improved animals that respond to improved feeding and management, facilitating the targeting of specific market opportunities.
Project location
Ethiopia
Expected outputs
- Breeding goals defined in a participatory manner by farmers and at least one breeding program established per breed
- A methodological framework for the development of community based breeding programs for smallholder producers, including institutional arrangements
- Impact assessment of the breeding system at individual, flock, community and national level
- Assessment on a national basis, of the characteristics of the breeds managed by breeding programs
- Better understanding of the constraints to market access by sheep keepers