Indigenous village chickens (IVCs) greatly contribute to food security and rural development.
Consequently, IVCs cover incidental expenses, economically empower women, and support …

The multi-purpose indigenous village chickens (IVCs) are kept in low-and middle-income
countries. IVCs are hardy and are resilient to disease, hostile environment, global warming …

Giving consideration to farmers' preferences for improvements in animal traits when
designing genetic selection tools such as selection indexes might increase the uptake of …

This study aimed at determining chicken genotypes of choice and traits preference in
chicken by smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Data were obtained from a total of 2063 farmers …

Participatory methods to characterize farmers' needs and preferences play an important role
in plant breeding to ensure that new varieties fulfill the needs and expectations of end users …

A bio-economic model was developed to evaluate the utilisation of indigenous chickens (IC)
under different production systems accounting for the risk attitude of the farmers. The model …

1. The aim of the study was to evaluate the genetic and economic breeding objectives for an
indigenous chicken (IC) breeding programme in Kenya. 2. A closed three-tier nucleus …

Data on breeding practices and traits of economic importance for the indigenous chicken
(IC) were collected through personal interviews using structured questionnaires and direct …

This study aimed to evaluate various selection strategies for adoption in dual-purpose (ICD),
meat (ICM) and layer (ICL) breeding goals in indigenous chicken breeding programs. The …

The economic values for productive (egg number, average daily gain, live weight, and
mature weight) and functional (fertility, hatchability, broodiness, survival rate, feed intake …