The overall aim of this dissertation was to develop a community-based breeding program for
sustainable use of Farta sheep genetic resources in northwest Ethiopia. The specific objectives
were: 1) identifying sheep breeding ...
In Ethiopia, there are 32.85 million sheep, more than 99% of which are indigenous.
However, the productivity of local sheep under traditional production system is low
with high mortality of lambs. Between sheep breed ...
Investigating chicken production systems, along with the ecotype's productive and
morphological traits, as well as the challenges and opportunities in chicken production is
crucial for developing sustainable breeding ...