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CRARF
Project:
Livestock &
Livelihoods: Improving market participation by small-scale livestock
producers
Project Manager : ICRISAT
Contact:Dr
Andre F van Rooyen +263 83
8311/15 A.vanrooyen@cgiar.org
Project Partners
1. Desert Research
Foundation of Namibia
2.
Practical
Action, Zimbabwe
3. Dept.
of
Agricultural Research & Extension (AREX), Zimbabwe
4.
Agricultural
Research Institute of Mozambique
5.
International
Livestock Research Institute IL(RI)
Project Location
Namibia- Omusati, Oshana,
Ohanguena, Oshikoto, Kavango & Caprivi
Zimbabwe Matabeleland
(Tsholotsho, Beitbridge & Matobo districts).
Mozambique Tete, Sofala & Gaza
provinces;
Grant Amount €1,000,000
Project Start Date 1
January 2007
Overall
objective
- To increase offtake of quality
animals in crop-livestock systems
Specific objectives
- Assess the potential for strengthening
commercial livestock production to provide guidance for policy/program
design
- Test & evaluate alternative product
marketing systems & input delivery systems
- Assess impact of strengthened input
delivery & product markets
- Establish a communication
strategy
Major
Activities
- To conduct inter-linked
diagnostic surveys
Compile
information on current and
potential livestock production systems
Explore relevant policies and
regulations,
market accessibility and networks of market agents
Assess household specific
predispositions
for increased livestock productivity and offtake
Assess local specific biophysical
potential
and susceptibility to degradation
- To refine selected
product marketing
systems
Facilitate
public-private partnerships in
livestock production and dialogue on joint investments
Determine options for improving
livestock
product marketing and technology integration
Monitor and evaluate adoption of
technologies within improved livestock marketing systems using the
value chain
approach
- To facilitate alternative
input delivery
systems
Inventorize
appropriate input delivery
systems (technologies and organization)
Screen subsets of best bet
technology
options within farming systems context
Evaluate selected technologies and
adoption
within alternative product marketing systems
- To analyze the impact of
livestock
commercialization
Assess
direct impact of interventions on
farmers’ welfare, institutional arrangements and the environment
Assess the wider impact of
livestock
commercialization on poverty and income distribution on different areas
and
stakeholder types
- Disseminate different
information
packages on livestock technologies and commercialization
Evaluate
impact of alternative
dissemination strategies for messages on technology and market
development
Engage all partners in a dialogue
on
evaluating technologies and markets in terms of farmer priorities
Reports &
Publications
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