Livestock and Fish in Asia
Program overview
The program aims to increase the productivity of
small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable
ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and
affordable across the developing world.
The program’s approach is characterized by a whole
value chain approach, with focus on selected
livestock and fish systems that can be transformed;
partnering for impact at scale; and research and
technology development designed to have
sustainable impact.
It focuses on ten selected value chains: dairy in
Tanzania and India; small ruminants in Ethiopia, Mali
and Burkina Faso; pigs in Vietnam and Uganda; dual-
purpose cattle in Nicaragua; and aquaculture in Egypt
and Bangladesh. Research themes cover animal
feeds, breeding and genetics, health, value chain
development, gender and learning, and targeting
sustainable interventions.
Vietnam
Focuses on smallholder pig value chains.
Projects
• Integrated indigenous pig systems and value
chains. Scoping study evaluating the potential to
improve livelihoods of ethnic minority smallholders
in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
• Multi-scale assessment of livestock development
pathways in Vietnam (REVALTER)
• Vietnam pig sector model (VPM) updating
• Gender issues in adoption of best practices in pig
production
• Improved forage-based livestock feed systems for
small farmer livelihoods in the Cambodia-Laos-
Vietnam Development Triangle
• Nutritious-system feeding concept; nourishing
Vietnamese ponds to produce quality seafood
Study sites
Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Son La, Nghe An, Hung Yen
Project partners
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(MARD), universities and research institutes,
nongovernmental organizations and other
development agencies working in the country.
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Bangladesh
Focuses on small- and medium-scale
aquaculture value chains.
Projects
• Feed the Future – Aquaculture for Income and
Nutrition. Benefitting more than a million
households through better fish and shrimp
farming practices and seed quality leading to
improved household income, nutritional status
and rural employment.
• Aquaculture and the poor: Improving fish
production, consumption and nutrition linkages.
Securing the supplies of and access to farmed
fish for vulnerable consumers, particularly
women and children.
• Market development for quality feed production
in Bangladesh. Upgrading the feed production
practices of fish feed producers to improve
commercial feed quality.
Study sites
Twenty districts in Southwestern Bangladesh
Project partners
National agricultural research and extension
systems, nongovernmental organizations, local and
international commercial companies, and other
development partners working in the country.
Tom Randolph, Livestock and Fish program leader
t.randolph@cgiar.org ● International Livestock Research Institute
Box 30709 Nairobi, Kenya ● +254 20 422 3000
ilri.org ● livestockfish.cgiar.org
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India
Focuses on smallholder dairy value chains.
Projects
• Smallholder dairy value chain transformation in
Bihar
• GET Dairy. Assessing health risks in informal
value chains in Assam, India, pilot-testing risk
management interventions, and generating
evidence for replication.
• CSISA 2. Research on livestock productivity
enhancement through better feed technologies
and crop residue management in cereal-based
systems.
• Improving basal ruminant diets. Research on
improving feed and fodder value of basal diets.
Study sites
Bihar, Odisha, Assam
Project partners
The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR),
national agricultural research systems, universities
and research institutes, nongovernmental
organizations and other development agencies and
foundations working in the country.
Partner CGIAR centres
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
WorldFish
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
International Center for Agricultural Research in the
Dry Areas (ICARDA)