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ILRI News on value chains

16 Apr 2020

Diversification of diets: a community-led solution that improves nutritional outcomes in Kenya’s pastoral communities

Camels in Isiolo County (photo credit AVCD/Muthoni Njiru). In northern Kenya, thousands of people suffer from acute malnutrition. This dryland region experiences low rainfall, high temperatures and has poor soils, which lead to poor harvests and inadequate pastures for livestock. The region hence...

Muthoni NjiruCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

10 Apr 2020

Community-based sheep breeding programs in Ethiopia generate genetic gains and socioeconomic benefits

Grazing sheep, Menz, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRIZerihun Sewunet) Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been implemented in many developing countries. In recent years, with...

Peter BallantynePrincipal Investigator, Communications and Knowledge Management

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06 Apr 2020

Food—a ‘hyper-local issue’—needs to keep MOVING, ‘from farm to fork’, says the World Bank’s Juergen Voegele

Pablo Picasso, The Soup, detail, 1902–1903. Keep food moving, from farm to fork, in a safe and affordable way. —Juergen Voegele On a recent World Bank ‘Voices’ blog, German agricultural economist Juergen Voegele , World Bank vice president for sustainable development, said that with the emptying of...

Susan MacMillanTeam Leader, Communications, Awareness and Advocacy

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Publications on value chains

Brief

Published2020

Food safety performance in key pork value chains in Vietnam

Video

Published2020

Perspectives on how to rebuild value chains with standards for food safety and against environmental degradation

Journal Article

Published2020

Investigation of the governance structure of the Nairobi dairy value chain and its influence on food safety

Brochure

Published2020

Maziwa Zaidi (MoreMilk) program in Tanzania Phase II (2019–2021) core project

Report

Published2020

Opportunities and constraints to smallholder dairy market development in Burundi: A dairy value chain assessment report

Report

Published2020

Uganda pig value chain scaling scan: Workshop report

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ILRI Projects on value chains

May 2018May 2020

Market Intervention for Nutritional Improvement (MINI) Project

MINI is one of ILRI’s flagship projects in which the use of participatory system dynamics (SD) models has been applied in the context of analyzing agri-food and livestock value chains. This approach facilitates a mediated discussion with 10-15 value chain actors in a series of focus group meetings...

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

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