OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION

Mr. Stephen Segbedzi

Mr. Anang Larsey

Mr. Samuel Teivie

Mr. Boye Mensah

Mr. Kwame Asamoah

Mr. Baba Ali

Mr. Joseph Baga

Mr. Philip Akologo

ABOUT THE DIVISION

FOCUS OF THE DIVISION

Improving the productivity of small ruminants in smallholder farming systems

Developing sustainable breeding systems for small ruminants

Conserving local breeds to maintain their desirable resistant attributes for future exploitation

Developing strategic feeding systems for emerging peri-urban small ruminant production systems

Developing feed packages for strategic growth and reproductive performances of ruminant livestock

Evaluating, characterizing, and determining the nutritional and feeding values of forage species and agro-industrial by-products for livestock

Developing pasture and fodder conservation systems for utilization by ruminant livestock

Integrating crop and livestock production

Optimizing grass/legume mixtures

Producing seeds and other planting materials for productive forage species

Collecting basic information on the range to develop good range management strategies

Providing advisory services on pasture development, ruminant production, and management

Developing improved management systems for ruminant livestock production (cattle, sheep, and goats)

Coordinating the activities of outstations at Nyankpala, Demon-Chegbani, and Babile

CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Screening and validation of resilient tropical forage cultivars for mixed farming systems in northern Ghana

On-station and on-farm clinical assessment of the efficacy of two ethnoveterinary practices/medicines for the prevention and treatment of Newcastle Disease among chickens in the Savannah, Northern, and North East Regions of Ghana

Pilot study of optimizing the productivity of crop-livestock systems in Ghana: proper use of nitrogen-fixing legumes and livestock manure

Intensive short course on improved poultry and livestock production

SLOW BUT SURE: Snail farming for improved household nutrition, income, and women empowerment

Efficient feed utilization through the use of improved feed troughs

Contributing to the development of cattle routes and grazing reserves across various agroecological zones in Ghana and the assessment of available feed resources in the zones

Capacity development support for the production of Tier 2 livestock greenhouse gas inventories in Ghana

Promoting interventions and products that reduce the negative impact of climate change

Providing technical and advisory services on pasture development

Improving the ruminant value chain

Digitization of physical herbarium (plant specimens) that were collected about a century ago