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Dairy hubs in Tanzania: Ensuring smallholder farmers participate in the value chain

A study on the sustainability of dairy development in Tanzania looked at factors that would facilitate or impede adoption of the dairy hub model by input providers and milk traders and recommended interventions that can ensure increased small-scale actors’ participation in the dairy value chain. Continue reading

Animal Breeding / East Africa / Ethiopia / Genetics / Goats / ICARDA / ILRI / LiveGene / Livestock / Markets / Sheep / Small Ruminants / Value Chains

Sheep and goat research in Ethiopia: PhD and MSc theses supported by Livestock and Fish program

The Livestock and Fish program combines a focus on value chain development in a few target countries with ‘technology’ research on animal feeding, genetics and health. In Ethiopia, this has led to support for academic research grounded in the value chain needs identified in recent years. Continue reading