Livestock and Fishery Research Directorate

Livestock research process is one of the core research processes of the Gambella Agricultural Research Institute (GARI) which are mandated to contributing to the growth of agricultural products and hence poverty reduction through generation of suitable agricultural technologies.

The general objective of the livestock research process is to generate and adopt improved livestock technologies; the use of which increases the productivity and production of diverse livestock species and hence improve the livelihood of communities.

To fulfill its objective, the process has been organized in six research teams, namely Ruminants (Dairy, meat), poultry, fisheries, and animal feed resources and rangeland management, apiculture and health research teams. Each of these teams generate suitable technologies related to the commodities they address and comprises a number of researchers of different profession to be able to generate complete (packaged) technologies. Currently all of these research teams operate in three research centers (Lare, Abobo and Godere ) of GARI.

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Mission
  • To adapt, generate and transfer scientific knowledge and technologies for farming and agro-pastoral communities for sustainable livestock and fishery production and development.
  • To see food and nutrition secured and prosperous farming and agro-pastoral communities in Gambella by 2030.
  • innovativeness
  • commitment
  • accountability
  • transparency
  • team spirit,
  • participatory
  • Redness for change
  • List Item
  • Generate or adapt technologies or information those increase the production and productivity of livestock
  • Multiply basic livestock technologies for use by farmers and various large scale technologies multipliers
  • Give training on technology uses for various stake holders and agro-pastoralists farmers.
  • Strengthen man power and facilities of the process
  • Dairy Research Case Team
  • Small Ruminant Research Case Team
  • Forage & Rangeland Research Case Team
  • Beef Research Case Team
  • Fishery Research Case Team
  • Apiculture Research Case Team
  • Animal Health Research Case Te
  • Poultry Research Case team

Research Focus

  • Improve the genetic basis of indigenous cattle breeds for better productivity and hence better milk and meat production
  • Improvement of local dairy breed productivity through selective breeding schemes
  • Improving productivity of local sheep and goat breeds through selective breeding and improved management
  • Development of cross- breeding schemes and production packages for sheep and goat breeds
  • Improve  livestock feed resources and rangeland to alleviate feed shortages
  • Development of improved forage crops and production packages suitable for low potential areas under different agro ecologies and production system
  • Improvement of nutritional value and the utilization of forage crops
  • Range land improvement and management for mitigating climate change in the region
  • Improvement of beef production through cross breeding schemes targeted to export and domestic markets
  • Appropriate fish post-harvest management improvement
  • Demonstration and per extension improvement of fishery management and limnology technologies
  • Improvement the productivity and quality of honey and other hive based on products
  • Study the major cause agents of reproductive diseases
  • Identify traditional herbal medicine and treatments
  • Establishing the epidemiology and economic importance of mange mites
  • Identification of the different types of ticks, their population dynamics, diseases transmission and economics effects
  • Improve livestock products handling and processing
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