Leveraging Available Resources and Stakeholder Involvement for Improved Productivity of African Livestock in the Era of Genomic Breeding.

摘要: The African continent is home to diverse populations of livestock breeds adapted harsh environmental conditions with more than 70% under traditional systems management. Animal productivity less optimal in most cases and faced numerous challenges including limited access adequate nutrition disease management, poor institutional capacities lack government policies funding develop the sector. Africa about 1.3 billion people increasing demand for animal proteins by an ever growing human population, current state creates a significant yield gap products. Although greater section especially those living rural areas depend largely on their livelihoods; potential sector remains underutilized therefore unable contribute significantly economic development social wellbeing people. With advances management practices, breeding technologies health inclusion all stakeholders, can be sustainably developed close protein that exists continent. In particular, gene technologies, application genomic many Western countries has resulted tremendous gains traits like milk production that, implementation selection other improved practices (nutrition, healthcare, etc.) lead rapid improvement importance populations. context this review are cattle, goat, pig, poultry, sheep, which mainly exploited meat, milk, eggs. This examines Africa, main sector, role various stakeholders discusses in-depth strategies enable importance.