Breeding programmes for small ruminants in the tropics with special reference to the breeding programme of the Dairy Goat Association of Kenya (DGAK)

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• Ann-Kathrin Krause

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• Manuels
• Manuels universitaires

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In Africa crossbreeding programmes for sheep and goats have in most cases been initiated, designed and implemented with the assistance of international donors. Despite the short-term production increase through the introduction of new breeds to the tropics most breeding programmes lack financial and institutional sustainability in the long term. Numerous studies have emphasized on the importance of the different parts of a breeding programme: breeding objective, selection strategy, recording scheme, breeding strategy, breeding scheme. However, most livestock breeding programmes in the tropics realise only parts of a breeding programme. The publication presents a case study on a smallholder breeding organisation for dairy goats in Kenya – the Dairy Goat Association of Kenya (DGAK). The production conditions as well as the socio-economic factors contributing to its success after ten years of breeding are analysed and compared with similar projects in Burundi, Ethiopia and Malawi. The results include the analysis of performance paramters of the crossbred goats of different breeding levels and a cost-benefit-analysis of the dairy goat enterprise. Based on these results a young bucks selection scheme with an open nucleus is designed considering the specific production and organisational conditions of smallholders in the Kenyan Highlands.

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• Année de publication: 2007
• Reliure: (souple)