value chains

ILRI News on value chains

27 Mar 2019

Bulk milk chilling and pasteurizing plants great opportunity for cooperatives to run as a business

The AVCD project handed over bulk milk chilling and pasteurizing plants to cooperative societies of Kericho, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Makueni counties of Kenya in mid January and March 2019 (photo credit: ILRI/Meron Mulatu). The Feed the Future Kenya – Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program...

ILRI Asia blog

27 Mar 2019

Chi Nguyen

Media release: Regional experts join forces to improve smallholder pig sector in Asia and the Pacific

Hanoi, 27 March 2019 – Around 100 leaders, researchers, investors, government, and private sector representatives from 16 countries spanning Asia, the Pacific, Australia and Africa will gather in Hanoi this week to identify solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the smallholder pig...

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

06 Feb 2019

Judy Kimani

Strengthening gender capacities for organizational effectiveness

In 2015, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) carried out a gender capacity assessment of their partners in Ethiopia. The evaluation revealed low or lack of gender capacities among key CGIAR Research...

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Publications on value chains

Report

Published2019

The Accelerated Value Chain Development program national conference report, 26–27 April 2018: Developing value chains to farming as business with technology and innovations in Kenya

Photo Report

Published2019

Livestock trade in east Africa: Transforming livelihoods through structured trading systems

Journal Article

Published2018

Gender aspects in the dairy value chain in Tanzania: A review of literature

Journal Article

Published2019

Using participatory rural appraisal to investigate food production, nutrition and safety in the Tanzanian dairy value chain

Journal Article

Published2018

Operationalising resilience in tropical agricultural value chains

Journal Article

Published2018

Linking supply chain governance and biosecurity in the context of HPAI control in western Java: A value chain perspective

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ILRI Projects on value chains

Jan 2013Dec 2019

Red Meat Value Chain Development in Maputo and Limpopo Corridors (PROSUL Project)

Study for the red meat value chain, ensure that stakeholders in the value chain are brought together to overcome structural constraints for the improvement of cattle and goat productivity

Sep 2017Jun 2019

Sindh Agricultural Growth Project (Livestock Component)

Aims to improve the productivity and competitiveness of small and medium producers in selected commodity value chains

Sep 2017Dec 2019

Facilitating Value Addition and Processing in the Context of the Cassava, Maize, Banana, Vegetable and Livestock Value Chains(PRODEMA) Activities to support the Milk Value Chain

This phase of the Project (PRODEMA II) is concerned with value addition, developing markets, demonstration and upscaling of new technologies for dairy, cassava, banana, fruits and vegetables and improving human nutrition along these value chains.

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