Member Profile
Membership type: full
Manirakiza Josiane
Country of origin: Burundi Currently in: Burundi, Bujumbura General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences-
Degrees
2020 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
Characterization of animal genetic resources and assessment of their level of productivity in low-input systems
Publications resulting from Research:
J. Manirakiza, G. Hatungumukama, S. Thévenon, M. Gautier B. Besbes L. Flori and J. Detilleux. Effect of genetic European taurine ancestry on milk yield of Ankole-Holstein crossbred dairy cattle in mixed smallholders system of Burundi highlands. Animal Genetics, 48, 544 – 550. Doi: 10.1111/age.12578
J. Manirakiza, G. Hatungumukama, B. Besbes and J. Detilleux. Characteristics of smallholders’ goat production systems and effect of Boer crossbreeding on body measurements of goats in Burundi
Pastoralism, 2020 (10), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-019-0157-5
J. Manirakiza, G. Hatungumukama, and J. Detilleux. Genetic parameters for growth and kid survival of indigenous goat under the smallholding system of Burundi
Animals, 2020 (10):135, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010135
J. Manirakiza N. Moula J. Detilleux G. Hatungumukama N. Antoine-Moussiaux. Socioeconomic assessment of the relevance of a community-based goat-breeding project in smallholding systems. Animal, 2021 (15), 100042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2020.100042
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingLecturer-researcher at the University of Burundi/Department of Animal Health and production.
Workshop and Conference Attended
25th – 28th February 2019 Naivasha, Kenya Regional Training-of-trainers workshops on the harmonized Animal Genetic Resources Characterization, Inventory and monitoring (AnGR-CIM) tool for Africa (As part of AU-IBAR Project: Strengthening the capacity of African countries to conservation, and sust25th – 27th September, 2014 Dar es Salam, Tanzania regional workshop on "the assessment of existing tools / protocols for characterization, inventory and monitoring of animal genetic resources, in order to facilitate the process of revision and harmonization" (As part of AU-IBAR Project: Strengthening thePresentation given
2021Faisibility study of setting up a community-based goat genetic improvement programme in BurundiUniversity of Liège/BelgiumEvent: African Animal Production Day - AAPD - 2021/ ProceedingJSPAA27052021