How could we conserve Red Maasai sheep and increase productivity for better livelihood for livestock keepers

Mwai, O.

Ojango, Julie

Philipsson, Jan

Strandberg, Erling

Zonabend König, Emelie

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Sustainable breeding strategies for The Red Maasai sheepThis poster iis licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. March 2016  How could we conserve Red Maasaisheep and increase productivity for better livelihood for livestock keepers?• Red Maasai sheep are indigenous sheep in Kenya and neighbouring countries• Known for resistance to endoworms an drought• Have been indiscriminately crossed with the meat but less hardy South African breed Dorper• Population is drastically declining and becoming endangeredHow we do? Where we study -our sitesWhat farmers like in their sheep E. Zonabend1,2, J. Ojango2, E. Strandberg1, A. O. Mwai2, J. Philipsson11 Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden2 International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi,  KenyaThe project is partly financed by Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and carried out in collaboration between Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and International Livestock Research Institute.Contact:Emelie.Zonabend@slu.seDesign of appropriate breeding strategies for conservation and improvement of the Red Maasai sheep are being developed. Progress and results have been shared with farmers and stakeholders at workshops and have led to new partnerships to upscale the activities.Baseline survey on production system, markets and social aspects of sheep production system has been carried out. Data on weights, fertility and health are being recorded by 19 farmers and at research stations. Breeding objectives were assessed with participation of farmers, middlemen and butchers participation both at farmers’ own farms and at research stations.Way forward

Sustainable breeding strategies for the Red Maasai sheep

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Sustainable breeding strategies for the Red Maasai sheep

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