Genomics to Improve Poultry Innovation Lab
The Genomics to Improve Poultry Innovation Lab is working to reduce limitations to chicken production by applying advanced genetics and genomic approaches. Genomics hold the power to enhance natural resistance to poultry diseases and hot climates, the most significant issues affecting poultry production in Africa. A cost-effective genetic diagnostic kit will be developed to select ecotypes of African chickens with greater innate resistance to Newcastle disease (ND) and heat stress. A distribution system will be implemented to effectively place improved breeding stock in the hands of households and small farmers. The expected results will help achieve the goals of the USAID Feed the Future Program to strengthen food security and reduce global hunger. The established system is also expected to be readily translated to other countries and/or other important diseases.
Lead Institute
University of California, Davis
Focus countries
Ghana, Tanzania
