Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds
| dc.creator | Birhanu, Mulugeta Y. | |
| dc.creator | Dessie, Tadelle | |
| dc.date | 2025-04-01 | |
| dc.date | 2025-08-14T17:27:00Z | |
| dc.date | 2025-08-14T17:27:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T16:34:10Z | |
| dc.description | Smallholder chicken production remains a fundamental part of household livelihood activities in developing countries. It has a range of contributions, including enhancing food and nutritional security, income generation, cultural and religious values, and environmental health. There is growing interest in improving the sub-sector’s production and productivity due to established evidence of its potential contribution to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in the context of resource-poor households. Strategies that aim to enhance the sub-sector’s productivity may involve various approaches, including improving the productivity of indigenous chicken ecotypes and introducing high-yielding commercial chicken strains developed for the tropics. This case study presents a brief overview of the sub-sector’s potential contribution to achieving multiple SDGs and possible approaches that can be adopted by developing countries to achieve sustained development in the sub-sector. The case study highlights the need to simultaneously promote indigenous and commercial chicken-based production through context-specific policies and strategies. | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176112 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/126794 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | CAB International | |
| dc.rights | Limited Access | |
| dc.source | Birhanu, M.Y. and Dessie, T. 2025. Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds. Animal Science Cases 2025: ascs20250011. | |
| dc.subject | animal production | |
| dc.subject | chickens | |
| dc.subject | poultry | |
| dc.title | Sustainable poultry development: Maintaining the role of indigenous chicken ecotypes while promoting high-yielding commercial chicken breeds | |
| dc.type | Case Study |