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ILRI News on value chains

06 May 2022

New One CGIAR initiative to transform livestock productivity, nutrition and gender inclusion in northwest Vietnam

A two-day workshop, 20-21 April 2022, kicked off the One CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion ( SAPLING ) in Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam. The workshop brought together 80 key stakeholders from the province including local...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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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Publications on value chains

Brochure

Published2022

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Report

Published2022

Performance analysis of existing catfish and tilapia value chains and market systems in Nigeria: A post-farmgate value chain scoping study

Report

Published2022

Dutch Research Council (NWO) Feed and Forage Seed Business Model Project: An evaluation of business models and pathways for commercial production and marketing of forage seeds in Uganda

Brief

Published2021

Best practices that enable equitable gender relations can help overcome gender-based constraints among livestock keepers in Ethiopia: A look at four-value chain sites in Ethiopia

Brief

Published2021

Market systems development application in the pig value chain in Uganda: Lessons learned

Report

Published2021

Engaging with smallholder pig value chain actors through multi-stakeholder platforms

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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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