Improved Forage-Based Livestock
Feeding Systems for Smallholder
Livelihoods in the Cambodia-LaosVietnam Development Triangle (CLVLP)
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… In a nutshell
4 years (Sep 2011 – Sep 2015), 3 countries
USD 1.5 Million
Improving livelihoods of poor farmers through more
productive, commercially-orientated livestock systems
Cambodia
Livestock keepers  Livestock producers
0
100
km

Smallholder livelihoods - Value Chain Approach
Information flows – Where do farmers get their information from?
Who do they communicate with? What is the nature of their relationships?
Breeds & seeds?
Local or urban consumption?
Vet services?
Restaurants? Niche markets?
Input suppliers? …
Consumer preferences? …
Farmer Clubs & Associations?
Inputs &
services
Production
Extension
Training …
Technology
R&D
Identifying farmer
decision making
processes!
Transport,
Processing
Marketing
Retail
Consumers
• Points of Conflict?
Collectors?
• Price, demand &
Middlemen?
supply elasticity at
Local traders?
each step in the
Regional trade? …chain? 
Opportunities for
intervention?
Local slaughter? District abattoirs? …
Local markets? Wholesale? …

Smallholder livelihoods - Value Chain Approach
Inputs & services
Production
Transport,
Processing
Marketing
Retail
Consumers

Three main components
2. Improved
Market linkages
1. Improved
smallholder livestock
production through
forages
3. Knowledge transfer
& Capacity building

Improved Forage-Based
Livestock Feeding
Systems for Smallholder
Livelihoods in the
Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam
Development Triangle
Action site
‘Development Triangle’

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