value chains

ILRI News on value chains

27 Jun 2021

The budding seed potato production business in Taita Taveta County

Anastasia Myambu in a potato seed farm owned by her producer group, Mreshinyi Farmers Group in Wusi/Kishamba Ward, Mwatate When the County Government of Taita Taveta identified potato as one of the high value crops for promotion in 2017, farmers’ access to affordable certified seed became a...

wanderaojanji

AVCD program blog

27 Jun 2021

Taita Taveta farmers make a fortune from drought-tolerant crops

Christine Nashera inspecting her groundnut crop in Chala Ward, Taveta Though groundnuts are a highly popular and nutritious snack in Taita Taveta County, the residents had always depended on imports from the neighboring Tanzania. Farmers had failed to take advantage of its popularity and high...

wanderaojanji

ILRI Asia blog

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

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Publications on value chains

Report

Published2018

A guide to developing the small ruminant value chain in northern Ghana: A value chain approach

Report

Published2021

Report of community conversations on animal health management

Report

Published2021

A report of monitoring and coaching partners on community conversation implementation and uptake

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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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value chains

ILRI News on value chains

The budding seed potato production business in Taita Taveta County

Taita Taveta farmers make a fortune from drought-tolerant crops

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

Publications on value chains

Mapping of smallholder dairy value chains in Ouagadougou and Dori, Burkina Faso

LIVEMAP website

African Development Bank Livestock Investment Master Plan

A guide to developing the small ruminant value chain in northern Ghana: A value chain approach

Report of community conversations on animal health management

A report of monitoring and coaching partners on community conversation implementation and uptake

ILRI Projects on value chains

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

Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

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