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Community‐based livestock breeding programmes: essentials and examples
Author(s) -
Mueller J.P.,
Rischkowsky B.,
Haile A.,
Philipsson J.,
Mwai O.,
Besbes B.,
Valle Zárate A.,
Tibbo M.,
Mirkena T.,
Duguma G.,
Sölkner J.,
Wurzinger M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of animal breeding and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1439-0388
pISSN - 0931-2668
DOI - 10.1111/jbg.12136
Subject(s) - livestock , latin americans , business , genetic resources , sustainable development , environmental resource management , economic growth , political science , environmental planning , geography , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , law , forestry
Summary Breeding programmes described as community‐based ( CBBP ) typically relate to low‐input systems with farmers having a common interest to improve and share their genetic resources. CBBP s are more frequent with keepers of small ruminants, in particular smallholders of local breeds, than with cattle, pigs or chickens with which farmers may have easier access to alternative programmes. Constraints that limit the adoption of conventional breeding technologies in low‐input systems cover a range of organizational and technical aspects. The analysis of 8 CBBP s located in countries of Latin‐America, Africa and Asia highlights the importance of bottom‐up approaches and involvement of local institutions in the planning and implementation stages. The analysis also reveals a high dependence of these programmes on organizational, technical and financial support. Completely self‐sustained CBBP s seem to be difficult to realize. There is a need to implement and document formal socio‐economic evaluations of CBBP s to provide governments and other development agencies with the information necessary for creating sustainable CBBP s at larger scales.