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 Oladeji Bamidele

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 survey2. On-farm testing 3. On-station testing4. Innovation platforms 5. Capacity building

Project Sites

Agroecological map Source: IITA

Sample Size for Baseline and On-Farm Testing

Subnational Zones (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 504Nasarawa 6 12 240 504Imo 6 12 240 504Rivers 6 12 240 504Total 30 60 1200 2520

Flock Size Per Household Zones (agro-ecology) No of

RespondentsAve. 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 RiverMeat consumption 0.46 0.35 0.45 0.36 0.44Egg consumption 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.01 0.04Meat sale 0.02 0.02 0.11 0.02 0.04Egg sale 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02Chick sale 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.02Ceremonies/festivals 0.06 0.28 ** 0.06 0.18 ** 0.11 **Give away 0.02 0.05 0.09 0.08 0.05Cock fighting 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00Live 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 Hen Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasara

waRiver

 Imo Kebbi Kwara Nasara

waRiver

 large body size and weight 0.29

 0.32 0.29 0.26 0.08 0.03 0.06 0.02 0.09 0.02

less 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 0.01Produce 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 TestingObjectives 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 TestingObjectives 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 ZonesDistribution of 42 day growers

Finalize On-farm ProtocolHatched chicks brooded to 42 daysTrained FOs available to collect dataHouseholds receive 42 days growers On-farm Testing

CompletedOn-going

Test Germplasms

SassoKuroiler

FUNAAB alpha

ShikaBrown

Fulani

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 StatesSasso

Kuroiler

Shika

BrownFu

lani

FUNAAB alpha

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

85 81 7460 55

Hatchery Records

Fertility (%)Hatchability (%)

On-station Test – Preliminary DataStations used - FUNAAB (Public Institution) & FOL-HOPE FARMS (Private sector)Mortality during brooding < 2.5% across all breeds.

Male Female

0.2570.222

0.501

0.4080.345 0.313

0.6370.5580.552

0.457

Body Weight (kg) after 6 weeks of Brooding

Fulani FUNAAB alpha ShikaBrown Kuroiler Sasso

On-station Test – Preliminary Data

Male Female

1.3440.954

2.591

1.8741.9021.546

2.865

2.287

2.982

2.241

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 Collection Morphometrics 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 paravetsMarketing 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 FellowshipScreened applications

2 applicants found qualifiedAnnouncement to be repeated

On-going

Innovation Platforms held in 20162 National Innovation Platforms: March & Sept.

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

venturesFormation of smallholder chicken

groupMarket development and product

branding 26 -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 Timeline1 Strengthen Public Private Partnerships &

support Innovation Platform Task Forces Feb & July 2017

2 Finalize ACCG-NG Fellowship awards Feb. 20173 Focus on Gender & socio-economic issues Start Jan. 20174 Data Driven Publications June 20175 Community Level Engagements Start Dec. 20166 Village vaccination program every 3 months

Start Dec.

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