Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck at the Launch of the Dairy Genetics East Africa Project (DGEA), ILRI Campus, Nairobi, 9 February 2011

1. Dairy Genetics East Africa Field Activities Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck (ILRI) at the Launch of the Dairy Genetics East Africa ProjectILRI campus, Nairobi, 9 February 2011

2. Which breed types for which farmers, and where?  

4. Baseline survey on ~3,000 cows.

5. Objective: quantify production and productivity levels and capture farmer and cow characteristics that are invariant

6. Will also include survey input and services suppliers.

7. Longitudinal survey (each farm surveyed every 2 months)

8. Focus Group Discussion

9. Objective: farmers’ assessment on breed and provide avenue to provide feedbacks to farmers

10. Snp assays data of ~ 2,000 cows to determine their breed composition

12. In each site, 31 randomly selected “clusters” of 5 farmers on average

13. Selected famers keep at least 2 lactating (or in- calf) cows/ heifers, either cross or pure breed; but no more than 10 heads of cattle

15. Cow characteristics: age, breed, parity

16. Milk production at peak; at time of survey

17. Reproduction and fertility data

18. Feed

19. Breeding services

20. Animal health services

21. Cost- benefit analysis data

22. Put some $ figures on all benefits and costs

23. Capture non-market benefits (e.g. cattle as store of wealth)

24. Risk- to derive risk-adjusted net revenues. Different genotypes generate different risk levels (e.g. mortality, seasonality).

25. Livelihood and gender:

26. intra-household allocation of benefits and “costs” (labor in particular)

27. gender- disaggregated data, including preference for genotypes

28. Access and use of breeding services