Wasike Chrilukovian B, Magothe Thomas M, Kahi Alexander K, Peters Kurt J
Department of Animal breeding in the Tropics and Subtropics, Humboldt University of Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, Haus 9, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2011 Jan;43(1):141-52. doi: 10.1007/s11250-010-9666-3. Epub 2010 Jul 31.
Animal recording in Kenya is characterised by erratic producer participation and high drop-out rates from the national recording scheme. This study evaluates factors influencing efficiency of beef and dairy cattle recording system. Factors influencing efficiency of animal identification and registration, pedigree and performance recording, and genetic evaluation and information utilisation were generated using qualitative and participatory methods. Pairwise comparison of factors was done by strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats-analytical hierarchical process analysis and priority scores to determine their relative importance to the system calculated using Eigenvalue method. For identification and registration, and evaluation and information utilisation, external factors had high priority scores. For pedigree and performance recording, threats and weaknesses had the highest priority scores. Strengths factors could not sustain the required efficiency of the system. Weaknesses of the system predisposed it to threats. Available opportunities could be explored as interventions to restore efficiency in the system. Defensive strategies such as reorienting the system to offer utility benefits to recording, forming symbiotic and binding collaboration between recording organisations and NARS, and development of institutions to support recording were feasible.
肯尼亚的动物记录工作存在生产者参与不稳定以及国家记录计划辍学率高的特点。本研究评估了影响肉牛和奶牛记录系统效率的因素。使用定性和参与式方法确定了影响动物识别与登记、系谱与性能记录以及遗传评估与信息利用效率的因素。通过优势、劣势、机会和威胁——层次分析法对各因素进行两两比较，并使用特征值法计算优先级分数，以确定它们对系统的相对重要性。对于识别与登记以及评估与信息利用，外部因素具有较高的优先级分数。对于系谱与性能记录，威胁和劣势的优先级分数最高。优势因素无法维持系统所需的效率。系统的劣势使其容易受到威胁。可以探索现有机会作为恢复系统效率的干预措施。诸如重新调整系统以提供记录实用效益、在记录组织与国家农业研究系统之间形成共生和有约束力的合作以及发展支持记录的机构等防御策略是可行的。
