Other ILRIThemes Na0onal Agricultural Research Systems Higher Educa0on Ins0tu0ons NonGovernmental Organiza0ons Interna0onal Organiza0ons Farmers Organiza0ons April 2010 The good news is … There Exist Vast Gene/c Diversity Sustained by Dynamic Livestock Keepers in Developing Countries And the not so good news is … Low Produc/vity of Indigenous Animals and Changing Lifestyles Kill Diversity Facilitate and promote design of sustainable breeding programs in developing countries Projects Community Based Breeding Programmes Reproduc0ve technologies for delivery of appropriate genotypes Capacity building for sustainable use of Animal Gene0c Resources Livestock Recording Systems Iden0fy and promote appropriate livestock breeds and genotypes