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Policy Brief on Development of Effective Partnerships for Innovation Strategy and Action plan;

This is a Strategy Report on development of effective partnerships for innovation strategy and action plan

Goats have a key role in ensuring food security and economic livelihood to smallholder farmers in rural areas. Women play a vital role in goat rearing, promoting economic autonomy within households. Indigenous goats dominate and are of high significance due to their adaptive traits that are relevant for climate change and low maintenance. However, lack of emphasis on farmer-centered technology development and proper breed characterization remains a hitch to sustainable utilization and breed development of indigenous goats. This can be overcome through proper linkage between market and production, workable regional and national agricultural policies, community breeding programs, collaborative research work within the region, and consistent government support.

This documnet is about Sex of calf and age of dam adjustment factors for birth and weaning weight in  Tswana and Composite beef cattle breeds in Botswana 

This document looks at the Impact of Genetic Selection for Increased Cattle Resistance to Bovine Tuberculosis on Disease Transmission Dynamics

This document looks at Genomic regions underlying susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in Holstein-Friesian cattle

This document is about the Genome‐wide association identify regions  underlying bovine tuberculosis resistance in  dairy cattle

Genetic parameters for birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), pre-weaning average daily gain (ADG1), 18-months weight (18 MW) and post-weaning average daily gain (ADG2) were estimated using single-trait and multi-trait analyses. Data consisted of 2257 records for the Botswana Composite and 5923 records for the Tswana collected between the period of 1988 and 2006. The individual animal model (AM) and animal maternal model (AMM) were fitted in both analyses.

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important cash crop for small-scale farmers in Mozambique. The yield is dependent on various factors of plant management, and this can be affected by variations in plant density. In Mozambique the cotton crop is mainly growed in plant and row space arrangement corresponding to 50,000 plants per hectare, which is considered low resulting in low cotton yielding.The goal of this study, was to evaluate the effect of plant density in cotton yield, Gossypium hirsutum L. The experiment was conducted in Namialo village, in a randomized complete block design with four replications in a split-plot, where the main plot was distance between the plants within the rows (15, 20, 25, 30 cm) and distance between the rows (50, 75, 100 cm) as subplots randomized in each plot, making plant from 33000 to 133000 plants per hectare. Results of this experiment showed no significant interaction between the distance between the rows and plants on cotton yield, number of bolls per plant and plant height. In addition, as the distance between the plants increased, the number of bolls per plant also increased. This experiment empathize that the combination of 70 cm between the rows and 20 cm between the plants, with a total density of about 71400 plants per hectare resulted in a highest yield.

Pigeon pea is one of the important legumes for export and domestic consumption in Mozambique. The objective was to evaluate the performance of the genotypes and to stratify environments for agricultural zoning and subsequent recommendation. The experiments were conducted in the northern region of Mozambique, to evaluate grain yield, in randomized blocks, with three replications and 20 long-maturing genotypes, in the 2016/2017 season in four environments. The results were obtained through the joint analysis and the complementarity of information from the biometric methodologies of Eberhart and Russell, Centroid and GGE-biplot aiming at better use of the significant GXE interaction. A mega-environment (Nampula and Namapa) was observed, of which Namapa district was the most discriminating and representative. The genotypes suggested for a recommendation as cultivars showed average performance. The ICEAP01490 genotype was of specific adaptability to favorable environments (Nametil and Namapa district) and high stability, is recommended for medium to high technology environments and the ICEAP01498 genotype was of specific adaptability to unfavorable environments (Nampula and Montepuez district), is recommended for low technology environments. The ICEAP01409 genotype can be indicated for a general recommendation. The ideal genotype with high mean, general adaptability and high stability was not observed, suggesting evaluations in more environments.