Uganda, April 13 -- The National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (Nagrc&DB) has commenced conserving and improving indigenous chicken species for purposes of yielding stocks in the form of indigenous layers, broilers, and dual-purpose backyard chicken.

The process which also entails bolstering the rate at which they produce is under way at the newly opened National Poultry Development Centre in Wakiso.

Dr Peter Beine, the executive director of NAGRC&DB, the government agency charged with a twofold mandate of spearheading livestock breeding and development activities in Uganda, and also playing a leading role in the commercialisation of animal breeding activities, says that the facility in Wakiso is equipped with a modern i...