Funding for this research was provided by:
This work was supported by the University of New England International Post Graduate Research Award Grant (UNE IPRA) and the Livestock CRP. (This work was supported by the University of New England International Post Graduate Research Award Grant (UNE IPRA) and the Livestock CRP.)
University of New England
Article History
Accepted: 31 August 2022
First Online: 26 September 2022
Statements and Declarations
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: This study is based on data collected from men and women farmers targeted by a small ruminant breeding program led by ICARDA and although ICARDA does not have ethics committee, the study considered all the potential ethical issues associated with conducting field study with human beings. Oral permission was granted from the respective local administrative bodies of the relevant district government offices. Following that, before undertaking the study, an informed consent from the people to be researched was obtained which involves an oral consent to participate in this study. In all the study sites, informed consent from the prospective informants and group discussants was obtained only after in-depth discussions with the prospective participants were done. Likewise, permission was also obtained from participating individuals and groups in order to take notes during the case studies and for taking audio recordings of conversations in order to comply with the local cultural beliefs. All the research participants were assured that any private issues and information gathered would be confidential and not be disclosed without their consent to any individuals, including their spouses, or organisations.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: WK accessed the dataset from ICARDA, conceptualized the idea, and wrote the draft manuscript. ET, DB, and DN reviewed the manuscript. All authors agreed on the final appearance of the manuscript after careful review. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: Part of a preliminary version of the research report was deposited on the ICARDA institutional repository at ExternalRef removed.