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African Chicken Genetic GainsTanzania Achievements Todate
Said Mbaga (Sokoine University of Agriculture)
Third ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 2 December 2016
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OUTLINE
• Baseline survey• On station testing & On farm testing• Capacity building• IP & Partnership• Awareness and creation of business opportunities• Some challenges• Future plan
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Introduction
5 sub-national zones20 districts
80 villages
3,200 households
83% are rural poor women
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Project zones
S. humid
S. highlands
E. sub-humid
C. Semi arid
Lake zone
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Test Strains
1. Sasso2. Kuroiler3. Koekoek 4. Black Australorp5. Local strains
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Highlights on baseline results
Data analyzed based on 1160 households
80% of households were male headed and 20% female headed Mean duration of keeping chicken 8 years (range 4-10 years)
Main purpose of keeping chickens were meat consumption (38%) and sale of live birds (30%).
> 90% provide some form of feed supplementations
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Flock composition and size
• Mean Flock size 27
Hens & Growing pullets
42%
Chicks40%
Cocks &
growin
g males18%
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Perceptions of farmers on qualities/attributes of good chickens
Cocks Hens
Larger body size Larger body size
Tolerance to diseases Lay more eggs
Physical appearance Good mothering ability
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Egg importation and chick distribution
Kuroiler: Imported 27,360 fertile eggs from UgandaEgg hatched: Private partners
Chick distributionSasso: 32,000 Kuroiler: 12,000
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On Station Results: Body weights (g) at 16 weeks.
Breed Body weight (kg)
Male Females
Kuroiler 3.1 2.3
Sasso 3.2 2.8
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On Farm preliminary results. Indicator EZ LZ S/HZ CZ SZ
Survival / hh 22 18 23 23 19
Weight –males (kg) 4.5 2.3 4.3 4.4 3.5
Weight –females (kg) 3.1 1.8 3.0 3.2 2.5
Age at 1st egg (w) 18-20 21 18-20 18- 20 20
First egg weight (g) 55 46 44 37- 65 49
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On – Farm testing output
Birds are bigger vs. local
Sale of Cocks after 20 weeks – 9 US$ -15 US$ per bird
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On – Farm testing output
Availability of eggs for household consumption and sale
In general the Project is well accepted by farmers
Ms. Pelis John (Central zone) Preparing eggs for sale
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Capacity building
• ODK - 80 enumerators (49%:F 51% M) • Course on Breeding and data analysis: 6 Research officers• Effective facilitations: 6 Zonal coordinators• Hatchery management- 6 hatchery operators (facilitated by
US-Grain Council)• Facilitated 6 small hatchery to attain registration certificate• Graduate recruitment : 2 MSc and 2 PhD ( 3 PhD to be
recruited early next year)
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Core partners
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ACGG-TZ
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IP & Business opportunities
Held three National Innovation platform meetings Challenges and opportunities in the poultry VC were identified
SuccessesSupply DOC & Feeds to brooders farmers and ACGG6 Hatcheries motivated to expand business 9 Up- Scaled brooding activities - demand pull
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IP & Business opportunities …..
22 Agrovet dealers Linked with farmers
Policy gaps identified- Draft document produced and circulated
Buy-in by LGA to scale-up poultry activities
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Visibility of ACGG-TZ
• Poultry Expo and Egg week 3 to 9 October 2016
• Participation in National Agricultural shows
• Interviews e.g. Radio Maria
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Some challenges
Timely acquisition of fertile eggs; Black Australorp: Malawi Koekeoek: Debrezeit- Ethiopia Affordability/availability of supplement by some farmers How to maintain vibrant IPs: Close follow-ups, improve communicationFUTURE; markets !!!!!!!!
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Next step
• Importation of Black Astralorp fertile eggs from Malawi: Dec 2016- Jan 2017
• Importation of Koekoek Fertile eggs from Ethiopia: Dec 16-Feb 2017
• Community IPs - Dec 2016-Feb 2017• Develop tools for addressing gender related issues : Jan-
July 2017-• On station and on farm Data collection ( on going)
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