| DAY 01 | Tuesday | 26 September 2023 | ||||||
| THEME | TIME | PLENARY | ||||
| Opening | 7:30:00 | Arrival and Registration | ||||
| 8:30:00 | Welcome Remarks Dr. John Moreki (LOC Chair) | |||||
| 8:35:00 | Introduction Prof. Tadelle Dessie (President of AASAP) | |||||
| Theme 1 Transforming African Animal Agriculture | 8:45:00 | Official Opening Honourable Fidelis Mmilili Macdonald Molao – Minister of Agriculture | ||||
| 9:45:00 | Tea/Coffee Break (group photo) | |||||
| 10:30:00 | Keynote 1 | The political economy of agricultural biotechnology in Africa: what role can technicians play?- Prof Ed Rege | Chairperson- TBC | |||
| 11:15:00 | Plenary 1 | Gender justice and increased participation of youth in animal agriculture: an elusive African dream – Dr Sadye Paez | ||||
| 11:45:00 | Plenary 2 | The role of science in transforming and achieving future sustainability of African animal agriculture – Prof. Michiel Scholtz | ||||
| 12:15:00 | General Discussion Facilitator -TBC | |||||
| 13:00:00 | Lunch | |||||
| Workshop: Towards an integrated delivery of proven productivity enhancing innovations in livestock – a market systems approach14:00 – 14:05 Welcome and introduction – Facilitator (BUAN, ILRI) 14:05 – 14: 15 Opening Remarks – BUAN, Deputy PS/PS 14:15 – 14:30 Keynote: Bundling of services as a mechanism for enhancing access to and uptake of appropriate livestock technologies. 14:30 – 15:15 Presentation on experiences with bundled advisory services – Individualized and bundled extension services for integrated delivery of technologies in Kenya – James Rao, ILRI – Entrepreneurship incubation for integrated technology and service delivery in Tanzania – Nils Teufel, ILRI – Agent network models for integrated delivery of livestock technologies in Nepal – Padma Kumar, ILRI 15:15 – 15:25 Short comfort break 15:25 – 16:00 Panel discussion 16:00 – 16:15 Plenary Facilitator 16:15 – 16:25 Closing Remarks SAPLING Representative – Isabelle Baltenweck | Technical Session: Poultry Production | Technical Session: Dairy production | Technical Session: Beef production | |||
| Concurrent Sessions | 14:00:00 | Session1 | Beyond the adopter – non adopter dichotomy: Why do smallholder producers dis-adopt improved chicken breeds? – Birhanu Mulugeta Y. | The effect of milk components on milk yield parameters, milk price and milk income for Jersey cows in zero-grazing production system De Waal Hendrik | Brief Overview: The Influence of Nutrition and Body Condition on Reproduction in Beef Herds – Willem Andreas Schultheiss | |
| 14:15:00 | Session2 | Immunoglobuline and oxidative status activities in broilers fed varying dietary levels of clove – MERCY CHISARA OGWUEGBU | Heat stress impacts growth performance of dairy calves under small holder dairy systems in Tanzania – Ekine-Dzivenu Chinyere | Evaluation of calving interval of smallholder beef cattle herds in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, Northwest Province, South Africa – Bareki Nkosinathi | ||
| 14:30:00 | Session3 | Effect of various inclusion levels of brown and white sorghum varieties on carcass traits, visceral organs, bone measurements and meat quality parameters of Boschveld indigenous chickens – Letsoalo Ogone Mary | Effects of calf starter meals on feed intake and growth of Friesian dairy calves in Botswana – Diphetogo Mosalagae | Evaluation of LiGAPS-Beef to assess average daily gain in extensive pasture-based beef production in three South African agro-ecological regions – Christopher Magona | ||
| 14:45:00 | Session4 | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) assessment of air change effectiveness in three types of naturally ventilated, large-scale broiler poultry houses in Botswana – Mr Pius Emesu | The implementation of a growth monitoring method pre-weaning of dairy heifers in Tunisia – Hamrouni Abir | Evaluation of growth performance of Nguni Steers finished off the veld and in the feedlot Bareki Mathuto | ||
| 15:00:00 | Session5 | Effect of Housing Design and Location on Production and Economic Performance of Broiler Chickens during Summer in Botswana – Chepete Justin Hakgamalang | Milk somatic cell count, composition and yield of multibreed dairy cattle in Ethiopia – Chernet Tegegn Fantahun (dairy Production) | The effect of heat stress on reproduction performance of beef cattle Seshoka Mokgadi Magdelin | ||
| 15:15:00 | Session6 | Chemical Composition of Sundown Emperor Moth (Sphingomorpa chlorea) (Lepidoptera: Eribidae) Caterpillar – MOREKI, John Moreki | Assessment of phenotypes based on deviation in milk yield as indicators of general resilience of dairy cattle in Kenya – Richard Dooso Oloo (dairy) | Economic evaluation of finishing Sanga type steers on the veld and in the feedlot: A case of the Nguni – Bareki Nkosinathi | ||
| 15:30:00 | Session7 | Improving Chicken Production in Ghana – the Tropical Genetics Solutions (TPGS) intervention – Osei-Amponsah, Richard (Poultry Production) | Dairy traits Preference Ranking Heterogeneity in Defining Breeding Objectives for crossbred Dairy Herds of Ethiopian Highlands -Aliy Mohammed (Dairy) | The effect of supplementation on reproduction and weight in extensively managed beef cattle in the Eastern Kalahari bushveld – Siphokazi Diamond | ||
| 15:45:00 | Session8 | Farming practices reducing productivity: impact of egg storage on egg hatchability and broiler production and meat yield – Jacob Alhassan Hamidu | Effects of Senegalia mellifera bush-based silage feed supplementation on the performance of grazing Holstein dairy cows in the dry season – Dr. Maria N. T. Shipandeni | Performance of lactating crossbred beef cows supplemented with Senegalia mellifera (black thorn) bush silage-based feed at Okondjatu Communal Area, Okakarara constituency – Magdalena Ilongeni Kamati | ||
| 16:00:00 | Tea/Coffee Break and Poster viewing | |||||
| Technical Session: Rangelands & forage production | Technical Session: Poultry Production | Technical session: Animal Breeding & Genetics I | Technical Session: Small ruminant production | |||
| Concurrent Sessions | 16:40:00 | Session1 | Rumen content composition as an indication of selective grazing efficiency in three South African sheep breeds – Hough Wilmie | Collective action at scale: towards establishing a Tropical Poultry Platform – Zewdie, Yihenew. | Assessment of genetic variation among indigenous Tswana goat populations in the five agro-ecological regions of Botswana using microsatellite markers – Maletsanake Ditiro | Developing feed for feedlots aimed at exporting frozen goat meat, Ethiopia and Madagascar – Wilkinson, Peter Myles |
| 16:55:00 | Session2 | Hybrid and improved forage seed markets in East Africa: Developments, bottlenecks, and future opportunities – Florez, Fernando | The effect of citric acid supplementation on growth performance, carcass weight, tibia bone breaking strength, and ash content of male ross 308 broiler chickens – Thokwane Judith | Estimates of correlated responses in wool and body traits of Elsenburg Merinos to selection for a reduced tail length – Teubes Megan | Fatty acid composition of selected South African lamb meat breeds under feedlot conditions – Cletos Mapiye | |
| 17:10:00 | Session3 | Rangeland condition and its seasonal trend in the semi-arid savanna of Gauteng Province, South Africa. – Ngoako Letsoalo | Analysis of reproductive performance of roosters following Selenium supplementation – Nomvula Gcwalisile Masinga | Genetic parameter estimates for lamb survival of the Tygerhoek Merino resource flock – Meijboom, Samuel Mendel | Evaluation of the effects of different protein sources on productivity of Saanen goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) in Botswana – Sebolai Thabiso | |
| 17:25:00 | Session4 | Selective grazing and native grass nutritional evaluation in drought-stricken arid rangelands. – Washaya Soul | Heat stress management strategies for poultry raised in hot climates – A review – Bhawa Shame | On-farm phenotypic characterization of indigenous Tswana sheep population in selected districts of southern Botswana – BOLOWE, MONOSI ANDRIES (Animal Breeding) | Indigenous knowledge to mitigate the challenges of ticks in goats: A systematic review – Mbusiseni V Mkwanazi | |
| 18:30:00 | Opening Cocktail | |||||
| DAY 02 | Wednesday | 27 September 2023 | ||||||
| 8:00:00 | Arrival and Registration | |||||
| Theme 2 Animal health and food safety | 8:30:00 | Key note 2 | Management of animal health and food safety for sustainable livestock farming: challenges and opportunities for Africa – Dr Moetapele Letshwenyo | |||
| 9:15:00 | Plenary 3 | Implementation of livestock traceability systems in Africa: progress achieved, challenges & future prospects – Dr. Alexander Toto | ||||
| 9:45:00 | Pleanary 4 | The one health concept from an African perspective – Prof. Armanda Bastos | ||||
| 10:15:00 | General Discussion | |||||
| 11:00:00 | Tea/Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster viewing | |||||
| Technical session: Reproductive Physiology | Technical session: Animal health & food safety I | Technical session: Animal Breeding & Genetics I I | Technical session: Unconventional livestock & Aquaculture | |||
| Concurrent Sessions | 11:45:00 | Session1 | The influence of equilibration period and sperm concentration on sperm viability and morphology of Namaqua-Afrikaner rams during liquid storage – Liane van Niekerk | Nutrition sensitive intervention enhances chicken products consumption and dietary diversity – Geremew Kumlachew | Practical guidelines for the phenotypic recording of polled and scurs phenotypes in Bonsmara beef cattle – Grobler Rulien | Effect of oral administration of methanolic extract of Andrographis paniculata on serum biochemistry and lipid profile of rabbit bucks – Prof. Herbert Udo |
| 12:00:00 | Session2 | Effect of melatonin treatment duration and oestrous synchronization on secretion of reproductive hormones during spring mating season in Merino sheep – Nxumalo Mandlenkosi | Total Aflatoxin and Aflatoxin BI incidence and concentrations in layer mash from commercial feed mills and poultry farms in six regions in Ghana – Obese Frederick Yeboah | Economic Value analysis and development of Weightage for sound selection index in chicken genetic improvement – Emana Getachew Nemera | Evaluation of organic apple cider vinegar as a probiotic on the hematological, serum biochemical indices and caecum bacterial counts of grower rabbits. – AFOLAYAN Moji | |
| 12:15:00 | Session3 | Effect of selenium supplementation on secretion of reproductive hormones during the reproductive cycle of Zulu sheep ewes – Nkunzi Noxolo Winile | Assessing the Burden of Malnutrition and Parasite Load in the School-Age Children: A Case Study – Gebresilassie Yemane Tsion | Comparative genetic evaluation of Zimbabwean Red Dane and Jersey cattle breeds – Godfrey B Nyamushamba | Filoplumes and ostrich leather quality – Cloete Schalk | |
| 12:30:00 | Session4 | Alpha-linolenic and ascorbic acid reverses the seasonal variations of ram semen quality and testosterone concentration – Jabulani Nkululeko Ngcobo | The relationship between ulcerative balanoposthitis incidence, microbial diversity, and immunoglobulin response in the lower reproductive tract of rams (Ovis aries) – Helet Lambrechts | Optimizing for a variety of issues can advance genetic gain and lower emission intensity in the community-based breeding programs – Tesfaye Getachew | Training of male ostriches for semen collection does not compromise their reproductive performance in a natural mating system – Lotz, Neleke | |
| 12:45:00 | Session5 | The influence of trehalose on the viability and morphology of Namaqua-Afrikaner spermatozoa during liquid storage – Liane van Niekerk | What do we know about animal welfare in the context of emerging livestock production in Africa? – Mizeck Chagunda | Evaluation of genetic variation in caprine MHC class II DRB gene on external tick numbers in Boer goats at Neudamm farm, Namibia – Itenge Theopoline | GIS mapping and identification of suitable sites for the adoption of aquaponics as a leapfrog technology for food production in five district municipalities of the Gauteng Province, South Africa – Thaela-Chimuka Mary-Jane | |
| 13:00:00 | Session6 | Can the type of sperm influence the outcome of in vitro cattle embryonic development? A-Review – Dimpho Sebopela | Studies on the molecular pathogenesis of Mtb complex in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of Cattle naturally infected with bovine tuberculosis in India. Shalini Sharma | Genetic analysis of predicted gross feed efficiency and its correlation with energy-corrected milk in South African Holstein cattle – Madilindi Matome | Effect of dietary olive pomace on growth performance, carcass yield, and meat quality parameters in Jumbo quail – Egbu Chidozie Freedom | |
| 13:15:00 | Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster viewing | |||||
| Concurrent Sessions | Workshop: Enhancing Livestock Investment for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa: the role of policies and strategies in Animal agriculture in Africa | Technical session: Animal health & food safety II | Technical session: Ruminant nutrition | Technical session: Unconventional livestock & Aquaculture | ||
| 14:15:00 | Session1 | 14:00 – 14:05 Welcome and intro – Facilitator (BUAN, BIDPA, TBD) (5min) 14:05 – 14:15 Opening remarks – (BUAN, BIDPA/AAAA TBC ) 10 min 14:15 – 14:45 Keynote speech – Livestock, Africa’s next big investment opportunity: choices, trade-offs and opportunities Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng ILRI, DG (30 minutes) 14:45 – 15:20 Highlights from the field – The role of good evidence and policies to unlock investments. (35 minutes) – ILRI- Livestock Master Plan (LMP) process – AU-IBAR – role/impact of LiDeSA – Rwanda MINAGRI – impact of Rwanda LMP – Tanzania Private Sector Desk – impact of Tanzania LMP/Botswana LMP process (MoA) 15:20 – 16:10 Panel discussion (donor & private sector panel) (50min) – USAID Development partner – AfDB – World Bank – Someone prominent from Botswana livestock private sector – 2nd private sector representative – Chair/CEO farmer organisation e.g., EAFF/PAFO/SACAU | Driving forces for changes in geographic range of cattle ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa: A review – Nyangiwe Nkululeko | Screening fibrolytic activity of tannin tolerant bacteria isolated from wild and domestic ruminants – Msimango Nokwethemba Nqobile Philile | An evaluation of rabbit feed resource utilization and effects of moringa oleifera and dichrostachys cinerea leaf meals on rabbit growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality – Godfrey B Nyamushamba | |
| 14:30:00 | Session2 | The prevalence of OHV-2 in the smegma, nasal secretions and penile environment of rams (Ovis aries)– Helet Lambrechts | Influence of feed supplementation on blood metabolite concentrations in grazing dual-purpose cows in the coastal savannah zone of Ghana – Obese Frederick Yeboah | Haematological parameters of rabbit bucks fed diets supplemented with Azanza garkeana fruit meal – Prof. Herbert, Udo | ||
| 14:45:00 | Session3 | Share parasites between wildlife and domestic mammals at the interface of Nazinga ranch in Burkina Faso – GNEME Awa | Efficient utilization of Macadamia oil cake based diets in ruminants – Baloyi Joseph Jimu | Production Trends of Hides in Botswana: Challenges, Opportunities, and Prospects – Moreki Mogi Ivy | ||
| 15:00:00 | Session4 | Goat nematode infection, the effect of temperature on survival rate of larvae, and the use of larvae to infer nematode identify and prominence. – Ramabu Solomon S | Nutritional evaluation of morula kernel cake (Sclerocarya birrea) and sunflower seed cake (Helianthus annus) as protein sources for ruminants. – Baleseng Leonard | Population dynamics of donkeys and multiple uses of donkeys in botswana – Kealeboga Mokgalagadi | ||
| 15:15:00 | Session5 | Establishing meat safety and meat handling practices in selected butcheries in peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya – Koech Patricia | Oxidative stability of beef from steers fed finisher diets with graded inclusion levels of sorghum – Semwogerere Farouk | Freshwater aquaculture mobile application: an intervention to assist small-scale fish farmers to thrive – Molebatsi Agnes | ||
| 15:30:00 | Session6 | Anthelmintic efficacy of three plant extracts against gastrointestinal nematodes of goats – Ndlela Sithembile | Effect of supplementation of sole and combined browse leaves on in vitro digestibility of rice straw – Felix Owusu Sarkwa | Effect of dietary apple (Malus domestica Borkh) pomace on nutrient digestibility, productive traits, and physiological and meat quality characteristics in Jumbo quail – Matabane Allen Ngoanaoroele | ||
| 15:45:00 | Session7 | Antimicrobial resistance patterns in indigenous non-descript chicken faecal samples from South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo regions – Mxolisi Emmanuel Nene | Ruminal microbial modulation and nutrient use efficiency by Meat-Master lambs fed barley sprouts – Mpanza Thamsanqa Doctor Empire | The influence of feather harvesting practices on ostrich reproduction – Sampson, C. L. | ||
| 15:55:00 | Session8 | Comparative effects of green versus conventionally synthesized ZnO nanoparticles on in vitro ruminal degradability of Mucuna pruriens utilis seed meal – Nozipho Gamedze | ||||
| Session9 | Intake, relative palatability indices and blood parameters of vetch varieties as a component of goat diet – Ntokozo Happy Msiza | |||||
| 16:15:00 | Tea/Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster viewing | |||||
| Concurrent Sessions | Workshop: Enhancing Livestock Investment for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa: the role of policies and strategies in Animal agriculture in Africa | Technical session: Non-ruminant nutrition | Technical session: Animal Breeding & Genetics III | Technical Session: Rangelands & forage production II | ||
| 16:55:00 | Session1 | 16:40 – 17:10 Open discussion 17:10 – 17:25 Concluding remarks – BUAN, BIDPA, | Profiling odour emission from pig litter in relation to diet type effect – Fabian Nde | Genetic parameters for docility and scale temperament traits of Merino yearlings – Cloete, Schalk | Yield and nutritive value of forage species as affected by different levels of rainfall interception in the semi-arid grassland, Pretoria, South Africa – Magandana Patrick Thabo | |
| 17:10:00 | Session2 | Nutrient Digestibility and Nitrogen Balance in Growing Pigs Fed A 10% Macadamia integrifolia Nut Oil Cake Diet Supplemented With Exogenous Enzymes – Felix Fushai | Evaluating fertility in a breeding program for improved growth of indigenous sheep in the arid lands of Kenya – Edwin Oyieng | Nutritive value, intake and relative palatability of legume residues and maize straws – Onke Hawu | ||
| 17:25:00 | Session3 | Substituting maize with malted sorghum in indigenous chicken diet does not compromises haemo-biochemical parameters, immune organ and semen quality – Manyeula Freddy | Delivering climate-resilient and productive sires to improve livelihood of farmer communities at scale – Aynalem Haile | Weedy plants as future forage crops; evidence from their nutritive value and in vitro dry matter digestibility – Thebeng Precious Mofenyi | ||
| 17:40:00 | Session4 | Additive potentials of goat weed leaf meal and scent leaf meal: growth performance, blood indices and microbial loads of broiler chickens – Akpodiete, Orienru Job | Evaluation of genetic mechanisms of resistance to heartwater in goats from endemic and non-endemic regions of South Africa using Illumina SNP BeadChips – Nuse Xolile | Influence of drying techniques on the nutritional quality, ruminal fermentation and buffer nitrogen solubility of Macrotyloma axillare legume – Mr Sipango Nkosomzi | ||
| DAY 03 | Thursday | 28 September 2023 | ||||||
| Opening | 8:00:00 | Arrival and Registration | ||||
| Theme 3African animal agriculture in a rapidly changing technological environment | 8:30:00 | Key note 3 | How can African animal agriculture benefit from the current technological revolution? – Prof. Appolinaire Djikeng | |||
| 9:15:00 | Plenary 5 | Application of Omics technologies in Animal Agriculture: Case study on seasonal weight loss – Prof Andre de Almeida | ||||
| Theme 4Ecological goods and services in African animal agriculture | 9:45:00 | Keynote 4 | Enhancing ecological goods and services in African agriculture: what role can animal scientists play? – Prof Zahra Mungloo-Dilmohamud | |||
| 10:30:00 | Plenary 6 | How can Africa achieve food security and sustainable animal agriculture in the face of climate change? – Dr S Moyo | ||||
| 11:00:00 | General Discussion | |||||
| 11:45:00 | Tea/Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster viewing | |||||
| Concurrent Sessions | Technical session: ICT and digital technology | Workshop: ROUNDTABLES FOR SUSTAINABLE BEEF: Reconfiguring the beef markets in AFRICA | Technical session: Climate change mitigation and adaptation I | Workshop: Towards sustainable utilisation of indigenous African animal genetic resources | ||
| 12:30:00 | Session1 | Integrated Registration and Genetic Information System of South Africa: A platform for continental infrastructure sharing and collaboration – Mahlako Makgahlela | Facilitator: Dr Florence Nherera-Chokuda (i) Case studies of RSBs in Africa and their relevance (K’LUSA project), (ii) Strategic behaviour of smallholder producers that are desiring to access international markets, (iii) The “reconfiguring” of current markets and a review of retailer driven third party verification (the case of certified organic and or free-range beef), (iv) Mechanisms for addressing compliance. (v) Reaching political legitimacy through science diplomacy to expand RSBs in Africa | Stocktake of livestock activity data for Tier 2 greenhouse gas inventories in Sub-Saharan Africa and regional support for development of Tier 2 GHG inventories for cattle – S Sibanda (20 minutes) | 12:15: Indigenous wild African animals Chair: Prof Kennedy Dzama Vice Dean Research Stellenbosch University and AWEI Board Chair Opening remarks: Prof C Dlamini Executive Director CCARDESA Speaker 1: Dr Helet Lambrechts Talk: Nexus between wild meat species reproduction and wildness Speaker 2: Ms. Lacticia Tshitwamulomoni Talk: Wild Meat, Institutional Arrangements, Policy and Sustainable Utilisation inSub-Saharan Africa Speaker 3: Dr Wiseman Ndlovu Talk: Wild Meat Value Chains, and Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa Questions from the Chair Questions from the participants13:45 Close | |
| 12:50:00 | Session2 | Harnessing Machine Learning to enhance the better understanding of feeding and animal breeding decisions in smallholder dairy production – Mizeck Chagunda | The effect of climate change on beef production in southern Africa: A review – Prof. Scholtz Michiel | |||
| 13:05:00 | Session3 | Innovating and scaling risk reducing measures for farmers and livestock keepers in the drylands – Banerjee Rupsha | Evaluating methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Ethiopian goats and Australian cattle – Wilkinson, Peter Myles | |||
| 13:20:00 | Session4 | Towards an integrated delivery of proven productivity enhancing innovations in livestock – a market systems approach – Rao, Elizaphan James Oburu | Methane Emission of Goats fed Some Ghanaian Diets- An On-Farm Observations – Felix Owusu Sarkwa | |||
| 13:35:00 | Session5 | Prospective use of digital-based technology in improving livestock management: Insights among emerging smallholder cattle producers in North West Province, South Africa – Mapiye Obvious | Exploring the Role of Seasonal Variation in Livestock Feed Composition on Diet Quality and Methane Emissions in Kenyan Livestock – John Mutua | |||
| 13:50:00 | Session6 | Comparison of MARS and CART data mining algorithms in predicting body weight of Sussex cattle – Lubabalo Bila | Inclusion of purified condensed tannins on performance, blood profile, methane emission, and meat quality in male Bapedi sheep fed grass hay and pellet-based diet – Nkiyasi Mavasa | |||
| 14:05:00 | Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster viewing | |||||
| Concurrent Sessions | Technical session: Natural resources & conservation | Technical session: OMICS Technology | Technical session: Climate change mitigation andadaptation II | Workshop: Towards sustainable utilisation of indigenous African animal genetic resources | ||
| 15:05:00 | Session1 | Indigenous chicken improvement programs in Sub-Saharan Africa – Wondmeneh Esatu Woldegiorgiss | The use of genomic information to profile suitabilityof imported animals for milk yield in small holdersystems in Eastern Africa – Mrode Raphael | Can feeding of dried browse Leaves reduce methaneemission as well as improve weight gain? – Sarkwa Felix Owusu | 14:45: Indigenous domesticated African animals Chair: Dr. Wiseman Ndlovu Speaker 1: Dr Patrick Tawonezvi, Prof. Kennedy Dzama and Prof Themba Khombe.Authors of new book on Animal Genetic Resources Talk: African AnGR -The easy choice Speaker 2: Peter Makumbe. Farmer and researcher Talk: Wild animals and indigenous cattle as a winning choice -an example fromZimbabwe’ssweetveld Speaker 3: Prof Cletos Mapiye, Dr Patrick Tawonezvi, Dr B Podisi Talk: Carcass classification as an example of discrimination against AnGR in commercialbeef grading Questions from the Chair Questions from the participants 16:00: Discussion on the wild and domesticated animals’ economies Facilitator: Dr Ndlovu Wiseman Discussant 1: Prof. Jethro Zuwarimwe (Positioning of Wild Meat within the RuralHouseholdFood Systems) Discussant 2: Peter Oberem (Wild Meat, Rewilding and Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa) Discussant 3: Girma Kassie(ICARDA, Economic potential on indigenous livestock) Discussant 4: Prof Osei-Amposah (University of Ghana AnGR expert West Africa)16:45: Close | |
| 15:20:00 | Session2 | The farm-gate blue water footprint of diverse beef cattle genotypes in South Africa – Chabalala, N Thuli | Patterns of introgression and admixture from domestic and wild South African pig populations using SNPmarkers – Hlongwane Nompilo Lucia | Livestock production and greenhouse gas emissions in the Southern African Development Community: 2000 – 2020 – Svinurai Walter | ||
| 15:35:00 | Session3 | Assessing the role that access to diverse animal genetics plays in sustainable sub-Saharan sheep production: A case study of the attainment of puberty in indigenous ram lambs – Shingange Rimbilana | Accuracy of multi-breed and multi-trait genomicevaluations of numerically small South African Holstein and Jersey cattle breeds – Makgahlela Linky (Omics) | Effect of Seriphium plumosum meal inclusion in a diet on rumen microbial population profiles and methane emission by Nguni steers – Phoko Motswapo | ||
| 15:50:00 | Session4 | Muturu Cattle of West Africa – A Review of Population Dynamics, Sustainable Use and Conservation – Prof. Camus Adoligbe; Osei-Amponsah Richard | Selection signatures associated with adaptation in South African Drakensberger, Tuli, and Nguni beef breeds – Gomo Maxman | Methane emission and performance indicators of sheep fed two basal diets supplemented with two browse leaves –Sarkwa Felix Owusu | ||
| 16:05:00 | Session5 | Opportunities and challenges for conservation agriculture in Botswana – Kashe Keotshephile | Growth differentiation factor 9 gene expression inovarian follicles of South African PotchefstroomKoekoek chicken breed – HLOKOE VICTORIARANKOTSANE | Selenium efficiency in preserving sperm quality parameters of South African indigenous Zulu Rams exposed to heat stress – Lekola Khomotso Podile Molvia | ||
| 16:20:00 | Session6 | Water use efficiency indicators for post-weaning growth performance in three different frame sizes of South African beef cattle under intensive production system – Mtileni Bohani | Population genomics of indigenous African cattle inferred from 537 whole genome sequencing. –Kambal, Sumaya | The impact of seasonal changes in rangeland forage quality on total serum protein levels and methane emission ofsheep – Sarkwa Felix Owusu | ||
| 16:35:00 | Session7 | The trends of water use efficiency indicators for postweaning growth performance in South African beef cattle under feedlot conditions – Takalani Mpofu | Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms of insulin like growth factor 1 gene with body measurement traits of Kalahari Red goats – Mokoena Kwena | Climate change risks and barriers to adaptation in the livestock industry of Botswana – Kgosikoma Olaotswe and Kgosikoma Keneilwe | ||
| 16:50:00 | Session8 | Relationship between volumetric water footprint and carcass characteristics of beef cattle under intensive production system – Nephawe Khathutshelo Agree | Genome-wide identification of candidate genes for growth traits in Tswana goats of Botswana – A.B. Chalebgwa | Accuracy of enteric methane emission models for cattle in sub-Saharan Africa: status quo and the way forward for animal scientists – Bateki Adjogo, Christian | ||
| 17:05:00 | Tea/Coffee Break And Dedicated Poster viewing | |||||
| 19:00:00 | Gala Dinner | |||||
| Day 4: Friday 29 September | ||||||