Feed
the Future, an initiative of the United State government to fight global hunger
with the partnership of scientific organisations in order to help U.S. and
African goat producers enhance breeding and productivity, reports USDA.
The goat project is being funded by USAID’s
Norman Borlaug Commemorative Research Initiative, African research partners and
others.
NaijaAgroNet also gathered that goat DNA and performance measures will be collected from more
than 20 distinct goat populations from Africa, the United States, the Middle
East and some portion of Asia and Brazil.
Researchers, NaijaAgroNet further learnt will identify unique genes in each population and develop
genetic preservation plans.
Also,
researchers will consider how breeds differ in performance traits like milk
yield and parasite resistance.
According to the report, the project will
associate those differences with the DNA, enabling farmers to more quickly
breed healthier, more productive goats than with observing performance traits
alone. Read
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