Category Archives: Southern Africa

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Value chain upgrading and inclusion of smallholders in markets: Role of multistakeholder processes in dairy development in Tanzania

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An analysis of smallholder integration into agri-food markets was carried out by researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Wageningen University, through a case study of an ongoing smallholder dairy development program in Tanzania, locally referred to as ‘Maziwa Zaidi’. Continue reading →

Africa / ILRI / PIL / PIM / Southern Africa / Swaziland / Value Chains

Call for abstracts: International conference on livestock value chain finance and access to credit

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In February 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Swaziland Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (SWADE) and the Micro Finance Unit, Swaziland (MFU) are organizing an international conference on livestock value chain finance and access to credit. Continue reading →

Crop-Livestock / East Africa / Goats / ILRI / Impact Assessment / Intensification / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / PIL / Small Ruminants / Southern Africa / Tanzania

What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the crop-goat project in Tanzania?

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This poster, produced for the Tropentag 2016 conference, highlights findings from an evaluation of the impacts of introducing dairy goats on income, assets and food consumption in Morogoro region. Continue reading →