Core Objective of Division

1. Develop modern technologies for livestock production
2. Develop technology packages for different categories of livestock

Current R & D Activities

• Screening of forages with the view of selecting drought tolerant species for sustainable livestock production.
• Assessing nutritional composition of forages for efficient utilization by ruminants.
• Crop-livestock farming systems research.
• Sustainable crop/pasture production strategies Forage conservation strategies for sustainable feeding of ruminants.
• Livestock manure management and utilization.
• Introduction of fodder banks/feed gardens to smallholder ruminant farmers in some rural communities in Ghana.
• Animal feeding trials with various forages.
• Effect of climate change on animal production in general and forage resource availability in particular.
• Development of climate-smart livestock technologies and innovation.
• Increasing guinea fowl productivity.
• Animal traction management and animal behaviour studies
• Amelioration of environmental stressors on physiology and productivity of livestock.
• Improving livestock productivity under resource-poor conditions
• Enhancement of ecological efficiency of livestock production systems across Ghana and the West African sub-region through collaborative research.
• Developing dynamic models for pasture growth, yield and quality for the northern and southern grassland ecological zones of Ghana to support ruminant livestock production.
• Testing improved feeding trough for efficient feed utilization. USAID feed the future initiative, Africa RISING project Phase II.