People

Lead Principle Investigator - Robert Stobart, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming.

Principal U.S. Team Members

Kathy Galvin - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University

Randy Boone, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory , Colorado State University

Dave Thomas, Department of Animal Science, University of Wisconsin

Jess Reed, Department of Animal Science, University of Wisconsin

Liba Brent, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin

Malcolm Childress,Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison

Principal Host Country Team Members

Carol Kerven - Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
(MLURI), UK

Kyrgyz Sheep Breeders Association Team

Akylbek Rakaev, General Director Kyrgyz Sheep Producers Association (KSBA)

Irik Abdullavevich Almeev, Head of Goat Breeding Department Kyrgyz, Livestock Research Institute, Chu Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

 

Collaborating Personnel:

Dr. Serik Aryngaziev, Head, Department of Goat Selection and Breeding, Kazak Research Institute of Sheep Breeding,

Dr. Koishybek Karymsakov, Head, Laboratory of Wool Quality Analysis, Kazak Institute of Sheep Breeding

Nurlan Malmakov, Head of Reproductive Laboratory, Kazak Research Institute of Sheep Breeding, Almaty Oblast, Kazakstan

Amir Karakulov, Livestock Research Institute, Tajikistan

Askarovich Kasemov, Livestock Research Institute, Tajikistan

Chris Lupton, Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M University

Murat Otynshiyev, Almaty camelhair and cashmere factory, Kazakhstan

Collaborating institutions:

University of Wyoming, Department of Animal Science

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Animal Science

Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

Texax A&M University, Research and Extension Center

Macaulay Institute, UK

Mountain Societies Development Support Programme, Aga Khan Foundation, Tajikistan

Kyrgyz Sheep Producers Association (KSBA), Kyrgyzstan

Institute of LIvestock and Veterinary Research, Kazakhstan

Asutor, Almaty camelhair and cashmere factory, Kazakhstan

LIvestock Research Institute, Tajikistan

Project Manager:
Jennifer Sunderland- Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University