goat_phenotype_training_2012

20-21 December 2012
Welcome address Opening remarks Objectives of the training PRESENTATION Participant introductions || Iain Wright (ILRI) Getinet Assefa ( EIAR) Solomon Abegaz (IBC) Halima Hassen & Tadelle Dessie (ICARDA-ILRI) Peter Ballantyne ||
 * ** Thursday, 20 December 2012 ** ||
 * ** Time ** || ** Program item ** || ** Who ** ||
 * 08:30 || Registration || Rahel Mesganaw (ILRI) & Martha Sintayehu (ICARDA) ||
 * 08:50 || Welcome by ICARDA-ILRI
 * 10:00 || **More milk, meat, and fish by and for the poor** **CGIAR Research Program (CRP 3.7)**


 * Conceptual framework of AnGRs characterization** PRESENTATION
 * What is phenotypic characterization?
 * The breed concept
 * Approaches to characterization || Tadelle Dessie (ILRI) ||
 * ** 10:30 ** || ** Tea/coffee Break ** ||  ||
 * 11:00 || **Conceptual framework (cont…)**
 * Quantitative procedures for breed identification
 * Constituents of phenotypic characterization || Tadelle Dessie (ILRI) ||
 * ** 12:30 ** || ** Lunch ** ||  ||
 * 13:30 || **Operational framework**
 * Establish the study team
 * Collect background information
 * Clarify the objectives and scope of the study || Solomon Gizaw (ILRI) ||
 * ** 15:30 ** || ** Tea/coffee Break ** ||  ||
 * 15:45 || **Data collection, data management and analysis** || Aynalem Haile (ICARDA) ||
 * ^  || **Reporting and communication** || Halima Hassen (ICARDA) ||
 * 16:45 || **Checklist**
 * General guidelines
 * Discrete or qualitative variables
 * Quantitative variables
 * Flock-level data collection
 * Data collected on traits that require repeated measurements || Solomon Gizaw and Halima Halima ||
 * ** 17:00 ** || ** Close ** ||  ||
 * ** Friday, 21 December 2012 ** ||
 * ** Time ** || ** Program item ** || ** Who ** ||
 * 6:30 || **Field** exercise **(to be determined)** || Facilitator: Grum Gebreyesus/Tadelle Dessie ||
 * ** 12:30 ** || ** Lunch ** ||  ||
 * 13:30 || Field visit (cont..) || Facilitator: Aynalem Haile/ Halima Hassen ||
 * ** 15:00 ** || ** Tea/coffee Break ** ||  ||
 * || Reflection on the field exercise || Facilitator: Aynalem Haile/Solomon Gizaw ||
 * ** 16:00 ** || ** Closing remarks ** || ** Tadelle Dessie ** ||