Opportunities for investment into small ruminant breeding programmes in Brazil

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics - Tập 136 Số 5 - Trang 313-318 - 2019
Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo1
1Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos Fazenda Três Lagoas Sobral Brazil

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AbstractThe social contribution of goat and sheep industries is very important to many Brazilian families mainly in semi‐arid regions of the country. However, the productive chains of these two species in Brazil are unorganized and ultimately informal. On the other hand, there is potential for growth and development to which an upscaling of breeding programmes will be essential. Historically, many attempts to structure these programmes have been unsuccessful. Inadequate understanding of how to achieve genetic improvement often leading to distributing unsuitable exotic genetics among the producers is one of the reasons for the failure. Another important factor is related to the sources of funding and the priorities for the use of funds. According to the experience and the state of the art in Brazil, the priorities for funding must be in the characterization of the different systems and animal genetic resources, organization of information collection procedures and national databanks, training of technicians and producers and development of system to enable animal evaluation.

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Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Tập 136 Số 5

313-318

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