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The 75-kilo sheep that changed a pastoralist’s mind
Farmers from Baringo set out to learn how to manage their livestock better. They returned convinced that transforming their flocks begins with breeding, and that better genetics and better management must go together.
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Tuitoek Chirchir, a pastoralist from Baringo County, had never seen a sheep so big. Standing beside a 75 kg ram at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)'s Kapiti Research Station in Machakos County, he could hardly believe it was an indigenous sheep like those raised in Kenya's drylands.
"There are no sheep of this size back home," he said.