Overall Outcomes

ACGG Program Outcomes

In order to achieve the program targets and identify appropriate germplasm, it is essential to evaluate and understand farmers’ preferences, the local production systems, the limitations and opportunities of the systems, and the production-specific yield potential of the preferred poultry lines. Through this work, the ACGG program aims to achieve the following five outcomes:

1. Data driven understanding of the breeds and specific traits that poor smallholder farmers, especially women, prefer across the various countries;
2. Farmer preferred lines, that produce at least 200% more than existing local breeds, are made accessible to smallholders through public and private organizations;
3. Increased realized productivity for smallholders with access to the tested, farmer preferred lines;
4. Empowered smallholder women engaged as chicken producers;
5. Long-term chicken genetic gains programs with clear plans for breeding are established in each country with the capacity to drive accelerated genetic gains.