Confronting value chain research tools with field experience in Vietnam

Posted on 5 April 2013 by Evelyn Katingi • Leave a comment

Contributed by Jo Cadilhon On 27-28March 2013, I participated in the first planning workshop of the REVALTER project in Vietnam. REVALTER is the French acronym for Multi-scale assessment of livestock development pathways in Vietnam. The objective of this project is to study the existing conditions of livestock value chains in Vietnam, with a specific focus … Continue reading »

Africa / CRP37 / CRP4 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / Livestock / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Value Chains

Ethiopia small ruminant value chain assessment: First results assessed

Posted on 15 March 2013 by Peter Ballantyne • Leave a comment

Stakeholder discussions and planning for the Livestock and Fish small ruminant value chain development project began in mid-2012. By November, sites were selected and teams were trained to carry out rapid value chain assessments in the project’s 7 research sites (including for the safe food fair food project). Field implementation of the rapid value chain … Continue reading »

CRP37 / Dairying / Livestock / Tanzania / Value Chains

Adapting dairy market hubs for pro-poor smallholder value chains in Tanzania

Posted on 13 March 2013 by Evelyn Katingi • 2 Comments

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) and other partners in Tanzania are embarking on a 4-year (2013-2016) research-for-development (R4D) project targeted at improving rural based livelihoods through milk. This comes after the 2012, 1-year successful inception phase of a collaborative research project titled, ‘More Milk in Tanzania’ between ILRI and … Continue reading »

Africa / Animal Breeding / CRP37 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / Genetics / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Small Ruminants

Characterizing goat genetic resources in Ethiopia

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Peter Ballantyne • 1 Comment

On 20 and 21 December 2012, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) ran a training course for national partners and collaborators on methods and approaches for phenotypic characterization of animal genetic resources. “For genetic resources to contribute to food security goals, we need … Continue reading »

Animal Feeding / Feeds / Livestock

Feedipedia – open access resource on livestock feeds

Posted on 27 November 2012 by Peter Ballantyne • Leave a comment

The The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners recently launched an open access encyclopedia of animal feed resources that provides information, in the form of ‘Feed datasheets’, on nature, occurrence, distribution, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1400 livestock feed resources. The main objective of Feedipedia is … Continue reading »

Africa / Cattle / CRP37 / Dairying / East Africa / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Tanzania dairy value chain stakeholders map outcomes

Posted on 27 August 2012 by Evelyn Katingi • Leave a comment

On 6-7 August 2012, the ILRI-led project called ‘More Milk in Tanzania: Adapting dairy market hubs for pro-poor smallholder value chains in Tanzania’ (More Milk IT) held an outcome mapping workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The workshop brought together project collaborators, consultants and potential key stakeholders. The aim was to create a vision for both … Continue reading »

Africa / CGIAR / CRP37 / East Africa / Ethiopia / Event / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Value Chains

Stakeholders discuss directions for Livestock and Fish value chain research in Ethiopia

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Peter Ballantyne • Leave a comment

On Friday 6 July 2012, we convened a ‘Small Ruminant Value Chain Consultative Meeting’ in Ethiopia. Led by scientists from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas and the International Livestock Research Institute, we aimed to arrive at a common understanding of the goals, objectives and implementation approach of the program, discuss … Continue reading »

CRP37 / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Pigs

Raising pigs – manuals and other useful resources

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Evelyn Katingi • 5 Comments

Pig rearing is the main focus of two of our value chain projects – in Uganda and Vietnam. Here we provide links to some useful manuals and guides to raising pigs. Add your resource by clicking the ‘comment’ feature on this post. Pig keeping in the tropics ‘Pigs and pig keeping in one form or … Continue reading »

Animal Feeding / CGIAR / CRP37 / ICARDA / Livestock / Livestock-Fish

ICARDA features its research on livestock

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Peter Ballantyne • Leave a comment

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), partner in this Livestock and Fish research program recently featured some of its current livestock research activities: Sheep-barley grazing trials – Barley (grain as well as biomass) is a major source of livestock feed throughout West Asia and North Africa. ICARDA scientists have identified barley … Continue reading »

Asia / CGIAR / CIAT / CRP37 / Event / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock-Fish / Pigs / Research / Value Chains / Vietnam

CGIAR Livestock and Fish Program sets out 2012 plans for Vietnam

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Andrew Nguyen • Leave a comment

Early last week, the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Program convened an internal meeting to take stock of plans for the proposed work on smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam. Participants came from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). This was a first opportunity for the various participants … Continue reading »

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish

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