Potential livestock value chain interventions
for the LIVES project
Dirk Hoekstra
LIVES Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop
Addis Ababa, 21–24 January 2013

Selected livestock value chains
• Milk and local butter – dairy
• Live animals – large and small ruminants
• Eggs, birds – poultry
• Honey - apiculture

Small holder dairy products
Raw milk Local butter

Dairy producers/markets
Producers Urban markets Rural markets
Fluid milk
Urban dairy farmers Private HH -
Traders -
Peri - urban crop- Private & coop
livestock farmers processors
Restaurants
Rural crop-livestock - Private HH
farmers
Local butter
Urban farmers - -
Rural crop-livestock Traders Private HH
farmers Traders

Small holder produced animals
Large ruminants Small ruminants

Live animal producers/markets
Producers Local market Export market
Small ruminants
Small scale crop-livestock Traders Exporters
farmers in peri-urban and Local butchers Export abattoir
rural areas Individual HH
Large ruminants
Small scale crop livestock Traders Livestock exporters
system in peri-urban and Local butchers Export abattoirs
rural areas Urban abattoirs
Individual HH
Medium/large scale Urban abattoirs Export abattoir
specialized producers

Small holder produced poultry
products
Eggs Live birds/broilers

Small holder poultry producers
markets
Producers Urban market Rural market
Eggs
Specialized urban/peri- Restaurants/hotels
urban producers (50 -400) Traders
Individual HH
Rural crop-livestock farms Egg traders Individual HH
Egg traders
Birds/broiler
Specialized urban/peri- Restaurants/hotels
urban producers (50 -400) Traders
Individual HH
Rural mixed farms Traders Individual HH
Traders

Small holder produced poultry
products
Raw honey (Semi) processed honey

Small holder honey producers/markets
Producers Local market Export market
Raw honey
Traditional beekeepers Private HH
crop-livestock system Traders
Tej houses
(Semi-) processed honey
Specialized bee keepers – Traders Traders
individuals, group with Cooperatives Processors
modern hives
Crop-livestock beekeepers Traders Traders
with traditional an modern Individual HH Processors
hives Cooperatives

Potential livestock value chain
interventions
• On farm
– Animal production and productivity
– Fodder/feed production
• Input supply/service delivery
• Processing/marketing

ON FARM PRODUCTION
INTERVENTIONS

Animal production/productivity
• Better performing animals - local, exotic
breeds and crosses
• Increase in number of animals/farm with help
of credit, especially for specialized farmers
• Improved animal husbandry

Local breeds

Increased business scale

Improved animal husbandry
• Housing (milk barns, shading, cages, hives)
• Feeding (base plus supplementary feeding)
• Pest/disease/waste management

Housing

Feeding

Pest/disease and waste management

On farm fodder production
• Harvesting/preparation of crop residues
• Planted fodder species
• Grazing area/pasture improvement

Crop residues

Crop residue treatment/conservation

Planted fodder crops

Grazing area development

INPUT PRODUCTINON/SUPPLY and
SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
INTERVENTIONS

Potential interventions
• Alternative, specialized farm/community based
agricultural input production
• Alternative service delivery systems for health
and AI, including use of advanced drugs and
equipment
• Service delivery systems for bailing and chopping
• Input shops (private, cooperative) linkages with
suppliers (dealerships)and farmers in hubs

Animal/bee reproduction

Forage seed reproduction/supply

Mass AI with hormones

Animal health services

Input suppliers

Processing and
marketing interventions

Potential interventions
• Introduction of small scale processing
equipment
• Collective (formal, informal) and individual
action for processing and sale of livestock
products
• Market linkages/information/promotion

Introduction of small scale processing
services

Collective/individual action for
processing and marketing

Market information and promotion
• Price information services
• Increase access producers to more traders
• Market promotion thru fairs
• Linking with value chain projects operational at
regional/federal level

Thank you
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