value chains

ILRI News on value chains

23 Dec 2021

Science and technology: a driving force in sustainable agricultural development

(The roundtable discussion was published on VnEconomy Newspaper on 22 December 2021) Drastic changes in the agro-forestry-fisheries sector have been seen in recent years because of scientific research, technical advances, and modern agricultural production and processing technologies. With...

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AVCD program blog

09 Dec 2021

Nandi Potato Cooperative driving potato to an enterprising commercial crop in Nandi County

Members of the Nandi Potato Cooperative Society weigh their seed potato harvest at their farm in Nandi County. Around 2015, Nandi County with its vast agricultural land and potential had only about 70 farmers growing potatoes on about 70 hectares (ha), according to Silas Too, potato value chain...

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AVCD program blog

09 Dec 2021

How DFAs are rejuvenating the dairy industry in Homa Bay and Siaya counties

Okal Okoko, at his Okasambu Dairy Farm in Oyugis, Homa Bay Before 2019, Kasbondo Dairy Cooperative, in Oyugis, Homa Bay County used to receive 300-350 litres of milk per day from less than 25 farmers with only three of them able supply 60 litres per day. Across the region in Siaya County, SAM...

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Publications on value chains

Brief

Published2021

Assessing the environmental impacts of livestock production using the CLEANED approach

Report

Published2021

Qualitative assessment of chicken and vegetable value chains in Harar and Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: Food safety perspectives

Brief

Published2021

Business opportunities along sustainably intensified beef and dairy value chains

Manual

Published2021

Training manual, LI-CHAN: Livestock-led interventions towards equitable livelihoods and improved environment in the north-west highlands of Vietnam

Report

Published2021

Poultry production, marketing and consumption in Cambodia: A review of literature

Report

Published2017

A general framework to estimate loss sources and magnitudes in live-ruminant post-production in developing countries

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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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