Catalysing emerging smallholder pig value chains in
Uganda to increase rural incomes and assets:
Introducing the project
Danilo Pezo
Uganda Smallholder Pig Value Chain
Development Planning Meeting, Nairobi
24-25 September 2012

ILRI and CIAT staff involved
 Emily Ouma, Michel Dione & Danilo Pezo (Project team in Uganda)
 Tom Randolph (Advise in different aspects of VCs + coordination with
other CRP 3.7 projects)
 Ben Lukuyu (animal feeding; VC assessment tools)
 Brigitte Maass (forages; VC assessment tools) - CIAT
 Isabelle Baltenweck (Site selection and VC assessment tools)
 Derek Baker & Amos Omore (VC assessment tools)
 Delia Grace & Kristina Rosel (food safety)
 Phil Toye & Richard Bishop (animal health)
 Karen Marshal (animal breeding)
 Mario Herrero & Jeanette Van Steeg (GIS work for site selection)
 Peter Ballantyne & team (communications)
 Nancy Ajima & Rosekellen Njiru (administrative support)

Project Goal
To improve livelihoods, incomes and assets of
smallholder pig producers, particularly women, in
a sustainable manner, through increased
productivity, reduced risk, and improved market
access in pig value chains.

Objectives
 To identify market opportunities for pork in Uganda, and the
multiple factors preventing smallholder pig producers from
exploiting those opportunities, with focus on constraints
caused by animal disease threat, feed resources, and
performance of markets and services.
 To develop and pilot test a set of integrated packages for
smallholder pig production and market access for specific
production systems, resource profiles, and market settings in
Uganda.
 To document, communicate and promote appropriate
evidence-based models for sustainable, pro-poor pig value
chains.

Candidate districts in Uganda

Project partners
 Central government: MAAIF; NARO/NaLIRRI; NAADS;
UBOS
 Local governments : Kampala City Council
Authority, Masaka, Gulu, Wakiso, Mukono, Kamuli, Kybog
a, Masindi, Lira (confirmation will depend of site
selection)
 Universities: Makerere, Gulu, Swedish Agricultural
University
 NGOs: VEDCO, VSF – Belgium, Kamuzinda Farms
 Private sector: Wambizzi Cooperative, Masaka Pig

Key achievements
 Opening of ILRI office in Uganda
 Signing of hosting agreement with Bioversity
 Signing of contract with IFAD/EU (August 2012)
 Staffing
 R&D alliances
 Resource mobilization (e.g., ADRAS)
 Strong linkages with Safe Food – Fair Food 2
 Preparation of the report entitled “Targeting animal
production value chains for Uganda” prepared

On going activities
 A Situation Analysis of the pig sector in Uganda is almost
complete
 Scoping of potential project sites and pre-selection of the
ones to be submitted to partners for final decision
 Adaptation of tools to be used for the assessment of
smallholder pig value chains
 This Planning workshop
 Participatory Outcome Mapping and Site Selection
Workshop

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