The African Goat Improvement Network: a scientific group empowering smallholder farmers

The African Goat Improvement Network: a scientific group empowering smallholder farmers

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. The group emerged from a series of workshops focused on enhancing goat productivity and sustainability. Discussions beg...

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Main Authors: Curtis P. Van Tassell, Benjamin D. Rosen, M. Jennifer Woodward-Greene, Jeffrey T. Silverstein, Heather J. Huson, Johann Sölkner, Paul Boettcher, Max F. Rothschild, Gábor Mészáros, Helen N. Nakimbugwe, Timothy N. Gondwe, Farai C. Muchadeyi, Wilson Nandolo, Henry A. Mulindwa, Liveness J. Banda, Wilson Kaumbata, Tesfaye Getachew, Aynalem Haile, Albert Soudre, Dominique Ouédraogo, Barbara A. Rischkowsky, Ally Okeyo Mwai, Edgar Farai Dzomba, Oyekanmi Nash, Solomon Abegaz, Clet Wandui Masiga, Maria Wurzinger, Brian L. Sayre, Alessandra Stella, Gwenola Tosser-Klopp, Tad S. Sonstegard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
goats
genomics
genetics
community-based breeding programs
sustainability
small-holder
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1183240/full

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