FOCUS OF THE VALUE CHAIN
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Nicaragua smallholder dual-purpose cattle value chain – The basics
R4D EFFORTS: PROJECTS
OUTPUTS (2013-2014) PARTNERS
THEME DONOR SINCE
Integration of new forage hybrids to intensify
agriculture and to mitigate climate change
through regulation of nitrification in soil
BMZ Mid 2012
Dry season forage options and dairy
processing
USDA
through
CRS
Starting
Increasing the productivity of dual-purpose
cattle in Nicaragua through use of appropriate
breed types and application of best
husbandry practices
ADA Starting
Sustainable grassland intensification through
ecosystem services and improved grazing
management strategies
USAID Starts mid
2013
THEME (POTENTIAL)
DONOR
PROBABILITY
Carbon insetting in dual purpose value
chains
BMZ (small
grant)
High
Competitive beef and dairy through
sustainable intensification and
specialized market access
Netherlands
Government
(FSP) /
Solidaridad
High
Improving competitiveness of small
farmers in dairy value chains – partial
loan-based, involvement farmer
cooperatives and private sector
CFC Fair
Scaling of technologies – development
focus
IDB High
R4D EFFORTS: PIPELINES
Improve the competitiveness and income of small
and medium cattle farmers in Nicaragua through the
creation and strengthening of sustainable dairy and
beef value chains, in order to increase access to high-
quality products for poor consumers and diversify
products for national and regional markets.
PRODUCTION
•Enhancing dairy and beef productivity
•Enhancing product quality
•Genetics
•Added value
SUPPLY
•Overcoming seasonal variation
•Improving quality and hygiene
MARKET/INSTITUTIONS
•Market differentiation
•Responding to increasingly stringent food safety
standards
COLLABORATION WITH (DAIRY) INDUSTRY
•Increase in milk production (emphasis on dry
season)
•Increase in milk quality (hygiene)
•Added value (products, certification)
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
•Social justice (gender, value chain equity)
•Ecological footprint
•Market differentiation
- Refined VCA tools developed
- Situational analysis implemented using VCA tools
- Dual-purpose productivity improved in target areas
- Ecosystem services identified and validated (e.g., carbon
insetting) to increase natural resource integrity and generate
income
- Cattle farmers with acquired knowledge and implementing
good farm management practices
- Research institutes: CATIE
- Government: Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Institute
- Famers associations – cooperatives (NicaCentro)
- Private sector – Dairy and meat processing (Centrolac, Eskimo,
MACESA)
- Universities (national: UNA; international: Florida, Mississippi)
- Development organizations, NGOs – CRS, Heifer