Genomic selection has transformed animal and plant breeding in advanced economies
globally, resulting in economic, social and environmental benefits worth billions of dollars …

Indiscriminate crossbreeding seeking increased productivity beside natural and manmade
disasters are among the identified potential threats deteriorating the diversity of small …

Ethiopia has a large population of small ruminants (sheep and goats) which are mostly kept
in traditional subsistence production systems that are poorly described. Understanding …

Breeding programs involving either centralized nucleus schemes and/or importation of
exotic germplasm for crossbreeding were not successful and sustainable in most Africa …

Over the past decade, community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) have been promoted
as a viable approach to improving smallholder livelihoods through a systematic livestock …

Quantitative traits such as pre-weaning growth is expressed as a result of combined genetic
and environmental effects. The phenotypic expression of those traits in offspring is affected …

Successful implementation of breeding program requires understanding and
accommodation of selection criteria. The objective of this study was to investigate the …

The African Goat Improvement Network (AGIN) is a collaborative group of scientists focused
on genetic improvement of goats in small holder communities across the African continent …

Cyprus, facing climate change and desertification, has Europe's second highest population
growth. Halloumi cheese's Protected Designation of Origin status boosted goat and sheep …

In recent times, community‐based breeding programs (CBBPs) have been advocated as the
best strategy for genetic improvement of local breeds in smallholder farms in developing …