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Outcomes
Development of an app to capture 
Screenshot of the app viewed in a browser. • ACGG datasets in three countries for on-
project outputs for African Chicken farm and on-station were analyzed and 
Context deployed in an interactive Dashboard (App).
Genetic Gain (ACGG)
• Making ACGG on-farm and on-station • The app is live and already crunching data 
chicken performance results accessible to § The app helps promote project transparency for the project.
public can help farmers and other and collaboration for and with: https://setegnmath.shinyapps.io/SetegnWA/
stakeholders make evidence-based
decisions. • Donors Future steps
• Real time App: When new data is added, • Policy makers • Scale-up the app to other related projects 
the app will automatically analyze and • Other partners (ACGG in Asia, ADGG).
deploy results. § Supports for strategic decision making • Strengthen genomic, phenotypic and 
§ Using the App, stakeholders can choose their environmental database.
Our innovative approach preferred and appropriate chicken breed Partners
• ACGG national teams from Tanzania, 
Ethiopia, and Nigeria.
LIVESTOCK GENETICS
Setegn Worku and Tadelle Dessie The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock thanks all donors & organizations 
which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust 
ILRI Addis Ababa Fund. cgiar.org/funders
s.worku@cgiar.org This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons 
Attribution 4.0 International Licence. June 2020