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ILRI News on value chains

26 Mar 2021

ILRI releases training manuals on best practices for strengthening livestock value chains in Assam, India

The International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) has released a set of training manuals on best practices for improving the quality and safety of informal dairy and pork value chains in Assam, India. The manuals were unveiled at the 2021 Livestock and Poultry Show in Guwahati, Assam, India,...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

16 Dec 2020

Research topic in Frontiers to consolidate findings on delivery of livestock inputs and services in low- and middle-income countries

Pictorial representation of part of the species and concepts covered in the research topic (photo credit: ILRI). While the demand for livestock-derived-foods is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), livestock productivity remains low, limiting the opportunities offered by this...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

08 Dec 2020

Addressing Uganda’s pig value chain constraints, the PigSmart way

Improved pigs on a farm in Hoima district (photo: ILRI/Karen Marshall). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is implementing a Uganda priority country project to address specific constraints in the pig value chain. The ‘Improving pig productivity and incomes through an...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

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Publications on value chains

Report

Published2021

Report of the second CRP Livestock cross-country Learning Week, December 2020

Report

Published2021

Needs analysis for the smart pig feeding training for extension service providers in Mukono and Masaka districts, Uganda

Journal Article

Published2017

Value chain upgrading and the inclusion of smallholders in markets: Reflections on contributions of multi-stakeholder processes in dairy development in Tanzania

Report

Published2021

Report of the workshop on training of trainers on technologies for the promotion of local poultry value chain in Africa, Douala, Cameroon, 16-20 November 2020

Report

Published2020

African Development Bank livestock flagship strategy inception workshop of the technical working group, 6 July 2020

Presentation

Published2021

Uganda MorePork project intervention plan 2021 – Research ideas for post 2021

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ILRI Projects on value chains

Mar 2019Mar 2022

Feed and Forage Seed Business Models to Support Further Professionalization of the Dairy Sector in Kenya and Uganda

The project aims to ‘Develop viable business models for forage seed production and marketing that assure economically sustainable access to high-quality forage seed to diverse clients’. International, national and local seed entrepreneurs, dairy farmers and national and international researchers...

Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...

Jan 2012Dec 2013

Evaluating the impacts of livestock and aquaculture microcredit and value chain programs on women’s empowerment

Project activities Evaluating and documenting case studies of the impacts of livestock and aquaculture financing, value chains and livelihood projects on poverty and equity outcomes. Sharing information on livelihood approaches that integrate women’s rights. Developing strategies and building...

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