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This type of livestock production can be maintained in peri-urban and rural settings. There are advantages and disadvantages to each. While it is more difficult and costly to find land for livestock in peri-urban settings, incorporating livestock to small-scale farms can greatly increase the local food supply, reduce garden waste, and provide ...
The AfSHG was created to fill a gap in the research of human genetics in Africa. Most training in genomics and bioinformatics was concentrated in a few institutions and depended heavily on expertise from European and American researchers; many Africans who completed graduate training abroad returned to find their homelands had little infrastructure or funding for them to continue research. [3]
The size of the bovine genome is 2.7 Gb (2.7 billion base pairs). [4] It contains approximately 35,092 [4] genes of which 14,000 are common to all mammalian species. Bovines share 80 percent of their genes with humans; cows are less similar to humans than rodents (humans and rodents belong to the clade of Supraprimates) and dogs (humans and dogs belong to the clade of Boreoeutheria).
CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. [1] CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food security, improve human health and nutrition, and sustainable management of natural resources.
The Rwandan National Institute of Scientific Research is a scientific institution based in Butare, Rwanda.It plays an important role in science and technology in Rwanda.. The institute has worked with the National University of Rwanda in the Phytomedicine and Life Sciences Research Plan which began research into pharmacopeia and traditional medicine in the country at the National University of ...
Mutesa's career has been marked by involvement in clinical services, academia, research, capacity-building, and health sector management. [3] Mutesa is a Rwandan pioneering figure in the field of genetics; he led the development and implementation of Rwanda’s reference center for medical genetics, the only facility of its kind in East Africa.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources with the acronym MINAGRI is a ministry of Rwanda with headquarters at Kigali, Rwanda. [1] It is headed currently by Ildephonse Musafiri since 2023. It was established by the Government of Rwanda to aid promote agriculture and livestock sector of the country. [2]
Its research is intended to help to build sustainable livestock pathways out of poverty in low-income countries and to help people in those countries to keep their farm animals alive and productive, to increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, and to find profitable markets for their animal products.