African Chicken Genetic GainsACGG-Nigeria Report

Third ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 2

December 2016

Oladeji Bamidele

Nigeria Team Members

PI- Prof E.B. Sonaiya Co-PI 1: Prof (Mrs) A.O. Adebambo

Co-PI 2: Prof I.A. Adeyinka

NPC : Dr OladejiBamidele

SNCs

Zone 1 SNC: Dr (Mrs) O.O. Alabi

Zone 2 SNC: Dr (Mrs) F.O. Ajayi

Zone 3 SNC: Prof (Mrs) U.E. Ogundu

Zone 4 SNC: Dr A. Yakubu

Zone 5 SNC: Prof W.A.A. Hassan

Major Activities to Report

1. Baseline survey

2. On-farm testing

3. On-station testing

4. Innovation platforms

5. Capacity building

Project Sites

Agroecological map Source: IITA

Sample Size for Baseline and On-Farm Testing

SubnationalZones (States)

No of Local Government Areas

No of Villages

No of Households surveyed

No of Households to receive chickens

Kebbi 6 12 240 504

Kwara 6 12 240 504

Nasarawa 6 12 240 504

Imo 6 12 240 504

Rivers 6 12 240 504

Total 30 60 1200 2520

Flock Size Per Household

Zones (agro-ecology) No of Respondents Ave. no. of chicken

Imo (Humid/rain forest) 234 25

Kebbi (Sudan Savanna) 222 28

Kwara (Southern guinea Savanna) 240 29

Nasarawa (Derived Savanna) 238 28

Rivers (Humid/fresh water swamp) 234 29

Total 1168 28

Ranking of objectives of keeping chicken

Production objectives Rank index of chicken production purpose and objectives

Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasarawa River

Meat consumption 0.46 0.35 0.45 0.36 0.44Egg consumption 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.01 0.04

Meat sale 0.02 0.02 0.11 0.02 0.04

Egg sale 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02

Chick sale 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.02

Ceremonies/festivals 0.06 0.28 ** 0.06 0.18 ** 0.11 **

Give away 0.02 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.05

Cock fighting 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00

Live adult chicken sale 0.37 0.20 0.20 0.33 0.28

Perceptions of farmers on attributes of good chickens Qualities/attributes of a good chicken

Rank index of qualities/attributes of a good chicken

Cockerels HenImo Kebbi Kwara Nasarawa River Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasaraw

aRiver

large body size and weight 0.29 0.32 0.29 0.26 0.08 0.03 0.06 0.02 0.09 0.02less illness 0.17 0.15 0.20 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.12 0.05 0.12 0.09meat taste better 0.23 0.16 0.16 0.18 0.37 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.16good physical appearance 0.09 0.21 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.04lives a long time 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.10 0.14 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.06good fighter 0.03 0.01 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00feed efficient 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.08 0.04Produce a lot of eggs 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.24 0.40 0.45 0.29 0.30Produces better tasting eggs 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.08Produce eggs with harder/thicker shell

0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.08 0.05 0.01

Produce chicks with high survival rate

0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.29 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.20

2016 Timeline for On-station Testing

Objectives Activities Outcome Status

To start testing the

Strains on stations

Sign Service Agreements for

supply of three Local

germplasm

Purchase of Hatchable Eggs for

each of the three Local

Germplasms

Completed

Secure License for import of

Kuroiler and Sasso

Importation of Hatchable Eggs

for the foreign Germplasm Completed

Sign Service Agreement with

Feedmill, Hatcheries and

Trainer of On-Station Data

Collectors

Feed supply secured; Day old

chicks of 5 germplasms

produced; Trained Data

Collectors available

Completed

Monitoring and data collection On-Station Testing On-going

2016 Timeline for On-Farm Testing

Objectives Activities Outcome Status

To start testing

the Strains on

local,

scavenging

village

conditions

Identification of more

Households

Recruitment of Field

Officers (FO)

Sign Service agreements

with Brooder Farms in

each zone

FO’s Training at the Zones

Distribution of 42 day

growers

Finalize On-farm Protocol

Hatched chicks brooded to

42 days

Trained FOs available to

collect data

Households receive 42

days growers

On-farm Testing

Completed

On-going

Test Germplasms

Germplasms – Hatching & Distribution

S/n Germplasms Distribution

1 Sasso All 5 States

2 Kuroiler KB, NS, RV

3 ShikaBrown KW, IM, RV

4 FUNAAB alpha All 5 States

5 Fulani All 5 States

85 8174

60 55

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Hatchery Records

Fertility (%)

Hatchability (%)

On-station Test – Preliminary Data

Stations used - FUNAAB (Public Institution) & FOL-HOPE FARMS (Private sector)Mortality during brooding < 2.5% across all breeds.

0.2570.222

0.501

0.4080.345

0.313

0.637

0.5580.552

0.457

Male Female

Body Weight (kg) after 6 weeks of Brooding

Fulani FUNAAB alpha ShikaBrown Kuroiler Sasso

On-station Test – Preliminary Data

1.344

0.954

2.591

1.8741.9021.546

2.865

2.287

2.982

2.241

Male Female

Body Weight (kg) at 20 weeks

Fulani FUNAAB alpha ShikaBrown Kuroiler Sasso

Live and Carcass Evaluation

20 week old cocks of: ShikaBrown, FUNAAB alpha, Fulani, Kuroiler & Sasso

Data CollectionMorphometrics Haematological Parameters Carcass analysis: meat, fat, bone Rectal Temperature

On-Farm Test: The 60 Field Officers

Female: 44% Male: 56%Photo credit: ACGG-NG FOs Database

Bird Distribution

Photo credit: Kwara & Nasarawa States

• Four Strains per State - 25 birds per Household

2016 Timeline on Innovation Platform and Capacity Building

Objective Activities Outcome Status

Strengthen the

National

Platform

Meetings

Form Task forces to

address the

innovation challenges

Solutions found to the use of

paravets

Marketing and branding are

tackled at scale

On-going

Develop Business

Hubs in each of

the 5 Zones

Develop a model for a

smallholder poultry

producers group

Decision taken to start form group

formation

On-going

Build capacity in

smallholder

research

Announced the ACGG

Fellowship

Screened applications

2 applicants found qualified

Announcement to be repeated

On-going

Innovation Platforms held in 2016

2 National Innovation Platforms: March & Sept.

Policy shift in the use of Para-vetsDevelopment of business ideas &

venturesFormation of smallholder chicken

groupMarket development and product

branding26 -27th September, 2016

15 - 16th March, 2016

Partnerships developed and strengthened

ACGG-NG

Animal Health Care Providers (7)

Veterinary Services

TOPFEEDS Feed

Brooder Farms (8) Brooding Services

Fol-Hope Farms Hatchery, Breeder

farm (ShikaBrown), On-station

National Agric. Res. System (NARS)

FUNAAB (FUNAAB alpha & On-station), NAPRI (ShikaBrown)

1st Agro Limited Breeder farm (Fulani)Tertiary Institutions (9)

Capacity Building

Fed. Ministry of Agric. & Rural Dev. Policy, Import Permits

Chickmaster - UGSilverlands - TZ

Fowlsellers/Poultry Asso., Propcom Mai-karfi Markets Advocacy (Smallholder

Poultry)

National Colloquium on Poultry Breeding & Genetics

Objectives• Share poultry breeding experiences• Discuss data & infrastructure needs for long-

term genetic improvement of farmer-preferred strains

Outcomes• A public-private National Poultry Innovation Centre• Commitment to animal records keeping• Requested training in large data analysis

2017 Proposed Areas of Emphasis

S/n Targets Timeline

1 Strengthen Public Private Partnerships & support Innovation Platform Task Forces

Feb & July 2017

2 Finalize ACCG-NG Fellowship awards Feb. 2017

3 Focus on Gender & socio-economic issues Start Jan. 2017

4 Data Driven Publications June 2017

5 Community Level Engagements Start Dec. 2016

6 Village vaccination program every 3 months Start Dec.

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