Le présent document constitue le fruit de ce travail collectif qui a impliqué une revue bibliographique approfondie, des missions de terrain dans toutes les régions du pays, de nombreux entretiens et séances de travail avec les acteurs clés du secteur, et un tra [...]

The conceptual document was redacted to support the “Learning Route on Innovative Livestock Marketing from Northern to Eastern Africa”, a training and capacity building project implemented by IFAD and the PROCASUR Corporation.

The systematized journey was held during 12 days b [...]

Presented at the Global feed and food congress, South Africa, 10-12 April 2013 this presentation contains (i) data regarding the importance of livestock and opportunities from livestock sector, (ii) technical, institutional, and political constraints to increasing livestock productivity, (iii) ke [...]

Cluster Youth Dairy Development Programs in Nigeria are expected to make concrete contributions towards achieving market-led and knowledge-based transformation agenda of the Federal Government. To that end, strengthening capacities of the youths and linking them to production development program [...]

This video presents the Livestock Market Development Project, a USAID initiatives part of Feed the Future, that aims to increase the competitiveness of the meat and dairy livestock value chains in Ethiopia.

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The high‐level dialogue (New Delhi, India, 7 November 2012) was inaugurated by Dr M.S. Swaminathan, renowned for his role in India’s Green Revolution of the 1960s and 70s. Dr Swaminathan stressed the urgent need for research and development partnerships to maintain sufficient momentum for [...]

There is thus much greater scope for investment in livestock sector development for poverty reduction than generally realized, particularly in development that enables smallholders to take advantage of the growing demand for livestock products by more affluent members of society.

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This brief is an excerpt from the book ‘Bridging the Gender Gap: Women, Livestock Ownership and Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa’ that will be published in October 2013.

It recalls the importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in livestock and [...]

This book is aimed for rural households keeping chickens within their homes, mainly for their own use. It will provide simple tools and lessons on how to improve the productivity ofthese chickens so as to add to household food security. It is to be used as a training resour [...]

Populations of endemic ruminant livestock (ERL) in West African countries represent unique diverse genetic resources, which are under increasing threat of genetic dilution. The project on ‘Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock of West Africa (PROGEBE)&rsq [...]