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Nicaragua smallholder dual-purpose cattle value chain – Intermediate
development outcomes
SHORTER-TERM EXPECTATIONS
IDO 1 IDO 2 IDO 3
• Increased 100% average
milk yield per cow and daily
liveweight gain per animal
• Increased calving rate from
45 to 70%
• Increased 100% stocking
rate
• Increased 80% (at least) milk supplied
from small scale farming
• 90% of milk produced by small farmers
inserted in formal market sector
• Increased 30% (at least) steers
delivered for slaughter
• Small farmer incomes increased by 100% and
employment by 50% along the value chain
• 100% increase of male and 200% increase of
female farmers in access to high value formal
markets
IDO 4 IDO 5 IDO 6
• Increase by 50% of
animal source food
(women and children
under 5)
• 60% grassland covered by silvopastoral
systems
• 20% of area in the field sites used for
forest production
• 100% of water sources (rivers, creeks,
waterholes) protected
• 50% of farmers benefitting from
ecosystem services
• 2 R4D platforms on sustainable dual purpose
livestock and > 5 innovation platforms established
• Development actors assessing value chains outside
target areas and implementing innovations
• Policies developed and implemented on improving
infrastructure and enhancing natural resource
integrity
PRODUCTIVITY AND
NATURAL RESOURCE INTEGRITY
- Forages and feeding - new germplasm integrated in small- and
medium-scale farming systems, dry season options, and
alternatives for humid systems
- Applied technologies (crop-livestock integration, silvopastoral
systems)
- Increase in milk production (emphasis on dry season) and milk
quality (hygiene)
- Development of ecosystem services
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPROVEMENT / MARKETS
- Strong emphasis on processing (quality, food safety)
- Development of (new and niche) markets
- Strong private sector involvement (dairy and meat industry)
- Added value (products, certification, carbon off-/insetting)
- Greater farmer access to higher value, formal markets
- Dissemination by government agencies, NGOs
1) Increased livestock productivity in small-scale production systems (SLO 1,2)
2) Increased quantity of the targeted commodity supplied by small-scale production and marketing
systems (SLO 1,2,3)
3) Increased employment and equitable income for low-income actors in the target value chains (SLO 2)
4) Emphasizing the target commodities in filling the nutrient gap for the poor, particularly for nutritionally
vulnerable populations (women of reproductive age and young children) (SLO 3)
5) Lower environmental impacts and higher benefits per unit of commodity produced (SLO 1,4)
6) Policies and development actors supporting the development of pro-poor small-scale production and
marketing systems, paying special attention to increasing the participation of women within the value
chains (All SLOs)
INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES (IDOs)