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Value-chain analysis of Egyptian aquaculture
The aquaculture sector makes a significant contribution to income, employment creation and food security of Egypt. Despite this, the economic performance of the sector is not well understood or...
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Fish value chains in Uganda – The impacts of climate change and variability
Fish are a significant source of income and food security in Uganda, highly vulnerable to climate and non-climate related drivers of change. This working paper from the WorldFish Center examines the...
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Ethiopia livestock feeds project tests tools to guide feed interventions
On May 28-29, 2012 the Ethiopian Livestock Feeds Project held a synthesis workshop at ILRI in Addis Ababa. The project team, including the core partners from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural...
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Multiplying and disseminating improved fish breeds to farmers
A new working paper from WorldFish argues that the availability of genetically more productive fish stock “must progress hand in hand” with refinements in the production systems in which the fish will...
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More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor – Livestock Fish program reports...
After a period of engagement and design, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish began in January 2012. It’s first annual report was just published giving insights into progress, achievements...
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Livestock and fish gender strategy adopts transformative and accommodating...
The program’s gender strategy was formally approved by the CGIAR consortium with effect from May 2, 2013 There is growing recognition of the need to integrate gender in agricultural research and...
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Egyptian aquaculture thrives during political turmoil
Despite the recent political unrest that has affected much of the country, Egyptian aquaculture is a great success story. Production reached almost one million tons in 2011, representing an average...
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Monitoring and evaluating innovation platforms in livestock value chains
Growing local and informal markets in Asia and Africa provide both challenges and opportunities for smallholders. In developing countries, market failures often lead to suboptimal performance of the...
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Uganda smallholder pigs value chain: Trends, status and likely future directions
As part of the initial value chain development process, each of the target value chains supported by the Livestock and Fish program is carrying out a ‘situation analysis.’ The main objective is to...
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Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture feed industry
The commercial aquaculture feed industry in Egypt is growing at a rapid rate. As a result, the number of fish feed mills has increased from just 5 mills producing about 20,000 t per year in 1999, to...
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India smallholder dairy value chain: Trends, status and likely future directions
As part of the initial value chain development process, each of the target value chains supported by the Livestock and Fish program is carrying out a ‘situation analysis.’ The main objective is to...
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Performance of indigenous sheep breeds managed under community-based breeding...
Animal breeding is typically a state-supported activity implemented by large national breeding programs with central data processing, estimation of ‘breeding values’ with complex statistical methods...
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Livestock and Fish 2013 report highlights progress
The Livestock and Fish program’s second annual ‘performance monitoring report‘ provides insights into its progress, results and challenges in the past year. In 2011, the program proposed a new model...
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Barriers to the development of livestock and fish in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) recently published two policy briefs looking at barriers to the development of livestock and fish sectors in the country. They were carried out...
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Small ruminant value chain development in Ethiopia: Situation analysis and...
As part of the initial value chain development process, each of the target value chains supported by the Livestock and Fish program is carrying out a ‘situation analysis.’ The main objective is to...
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Dairy hubs in Tanzania: Ensuring smallholder farmers participate in the value...
Faustina Akyoo, a small-scale dairy farmer in Tanga, Tanzania (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Smallholder farmers in Tanzania are straining to keep up with a fast-moving dairy industry to avoid...
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Value chain development entry points for Tanzania’s dairy sector
Zero grazing farming in Magore village, Tanzania (photo credit: ILRI). The livestock sector in Tanzania contributed about 6% of the country’s total GDP in 2006. But despite its importance in the...
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How theories of change contribute to Livestock and Fish research monitoring
Theories of change have become part of the landscape of CGIAR research programs – also the program on Livestock and Fish. Livestock and Fish is a complex program characterized by multiple projects...
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Tanzania smallholder dairy value chain development: Trends, status and likely...
A farmer transporting fresh milk to a collection centre in Pongwe, Tanzania (photo credit: ILRI/Muthoni Njiru). This study shows that the livestock sectors’ contribution to Tanzania’s agricultural GDP...
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Tanzania livestock development plan to boost dairy farmers’ incomes
Small scale milk traders in Tanzania Contributing nearly 30% of the livestock sector GDP, Tanzania’s dairy industry is one of the most important and fastest growing sectors in the country’s economy and...
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