• Address feed shortages
• Improve animal health (input supply and
production)
• Improve market access and marketing strategies
• Needs-based capacity building for producers
and extension agents (feeding, sheep fattening,
disease awareness, food safety)
• Training pastoralists and district agents in
(community-based) drought mitigation
mechanisms and related herd management.
Research and development
‘best bets’
Challenges in the value chain
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May 2013
Small ruminant value chain development in Shinelle, Ethiopia
Our vision: “By 2020, Shinelle pastoralists will practice sustainable market-oriented sheep and goat production which
contributes to improved nutrition and income”
• High mortality and morbidity through diseases and parasites
• Lack of effective drug supply and delivery of veterinary services to producers (non-
functional health posts, insufficient number and/or poorly equipped animal health
workers)
• Feed shortage due to erratic rainfall and lack of feed supply on the market
• High mortality and morbidity due to frequent droughts
• Gap in knowledge and skills of producers and extension agents in market-oriented
production including handling of milk and dairy products
• Poor linkage of producers to the markets, no market information, poor horizontal
and vertical linkages between producers, traders and abattoirs/consumers
Altitude 950-1350
Habitat Dry
Distance from Addis 510km
Production system Pastoral
Human population 96,988
% of female headed household 30
Major products Meat, Milk
Partners: SoRPARI, MoA, Woreda Admin, ACDI/VOCA,
ICARDA, ILRI, PRIME, Oxfam, PCDP, FAO
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