Going to scale—From community-based to population-wide genetic improvement and commercialized sheep meat supply in Ethiopia

Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) have shown, at pilot scale, to be effective and beneficial in achieving genetic progress and in improving livelihoods of smallholder communities. In Ethiopia 134 sheep and goat CBBPs were operational producing their own improved rams and bucks. Based on expe...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Genetics
Main Authors:	Joaquin Mueller, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Bruno Santos, Mourad Rekik, Berhanu Belay, Dawit Solomon, Likawent Yeheyis, Barbara Rischkowsky
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Subjects:	small ruminants low-input system animal breeding lamb meat selection development
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1114381/full

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