• Address feed shortages
• Improve animal health - input supplies
• Implement breed improvement program
including creating awareness of inbreeding
and benefits of sharing bucks
• Improve horizontal and vertical linkages
• Needs-based capacity building for producers
and extension agents (on efficient utilization
of feed resources and finishing goats for
markets)
• Develop a package to help producers meet
quality standards (fattening, training)
Research and development
‘best bets’
Challenges in the value chain
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May 2013
Small ruminant value chain development in Waq Abergelle, Ethiopia
“Our Vision: By 2020, we endeavor to see (safe) sustainable and market oriented Abergelle goat farming benefiting all actors
and satisfying consumer requirements and contributing access to balanced nutrition for all”
• Incidence of infectious diseases (pasteurellosis, coenurosis, PPR) and
internal and external parasites
• Incidence of abortion and high kid mortality
• Feed shortage during dry season and lack of alternative sources
• Low productivity of Abergelle goats
• Lack of vertical and horizontal linkages of sheep producers
• Shortage of quality goats on the market
• Producers lack knowledge of improved feeding methods
Partners: Amhara Region Livestock Agency, Sekota
Dryland Agricultural Research Center, ICARDA, ILRI,
EMDTI, NVI, FAO
Altitude 1340-2200
Habitat Semi-arid
Distance from Addis 770
Production system Crop-livestock
Human population 47,106
% of female headed household 8
Major products Meat, milk
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