Galla Goats Breeding Centre

Local communities in northern and coastal Kenya are adapting to climate change through different approaches in order to mitigate its harmful effects demonstrated most visibly through frequent cycles of drought in East Africa. Coastal Kenya, communities are reshaping their adaptation strategy by embracing a unique breed of goats that is more resilient to the changing conditions. The Galla goat, a strong breed of goat has a reputation for surviving droughts thanks to its higher resistance to opportunistic diseases that eliminate ordinary goats due to weakening body immune system. Compared to ordinary goats living among the coastal communities of Kenya and Ethiopia, the Galla breed boasts higher yield of milk. The aim of the activity is to improve the quality of the East African breed through the introduction of the Galla goat improved breed.