The smallholder pigs in-depth value
chain assessment in Uganda:
How was it conducted?
“Workshop: In-depth smallholder pig value chain assessment and preliminary
identification of best-bet interventions, Kampala, 9-11 April 2013”
Danilo A. Pezo, Emily A. Ouma, Michel Dione
and Kristina Rösel

 Selection of target sites (districts/sub-
counties/villages)
 Development and testing of the VCA tool-kit
 Selection and training of facilitators
 The VCA tool-kit components
 The application of the VCA tool-kit
 Contacting partners at district level
 Selection of farmers
 Launching workshops
 FGDs (Farmers and key-informants)
 Data input and analysis

 Step 1: Geographical targeting
using GIS characterization (pig
density, poverty level & market
access).
 Step 2: Stakeholder consultation of
step 1 and definition of “soft”
criteria.
 Step 3: Participatory selection of
districts by stakeholders (Outcome
Mapping & Site Selection
Workshop, Oct. 2012)
 Step 4: Minimum checklist to gather
data for more specific site selection
(counties and sub-counties).
 Step 5: Analysis of steps 1-4 and
final site selection.
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 For each district, 4-6 sub-counties with
high pig population (MAAIF/UBOS
Livestock Census 2008) were selected.
 Consultations with partners
(DVOs, NAADS staff and local NGOs) in
each of the selected districts to identify
the value chain domains within the sub-
counties was done.
 Site scoping with a minimum checklist
administered to few farmers and actors to
validate the value chain domains in each
sub-county and also identify villages to be
targeted for the value chain activities.

District County Sub-county Dominant value
chain domain
No. of villages
sampled
Masaka Bukoto Kkingo Rural –rural 3
Bukoto Kyanamukaka Rural-rural 3
Bukoto Kabonera Rural-urban 3
Masaka Municipality Kimanya-Kyabakuza* Urban-urban 2
Masaka Municipality Katwe-Butego* Urban-urban 2
Masaka Municipality Nyendo-Ssenyange* Urban-urban 2
Kamuli Bugabula Kitayunjwa Rural-rural 2
Bugabula Namwendwa Rural-rural 2
Buzaaya Bugulumbya** Rural-rural 4
Mukono Mukono Mukono town council Urban-urban 2
Mukono Goma Urban–urban 2
Mukono Kyampisi Rural-urban 4
Mukono Ntenjeru Rural-rural 4
List of counties and sub-counties selected in each district, based
on presence of dominant value chain domains, and number of
villages sampled
35 villages selected: 18 Rural – Rural, 7 Rural – Urban and 10 Urban - Urban

 Review and adaptation of tools used in
other CRP 3.7 projects, as well as in the
Livestock Data Innovation in Africa project
(CRP 2.3).
 Tool-kit harmonized with the Safe Food Fair
Food project (CRP 4.3).
 Tool-kit engendered where appropriate.
 Tool-kit tested in Matuga (Wakiso).
 Tool-kit shared with the Smallholder Pig
VCs project in Vietnam.

 Seasonal calendar
 Institutional interactions tool
 Production systems tool
 Social capital – involvement in collective action and
benefits.
 Activity clock – gender roles in production and
marketing.
 Decision-making tool –decision making and control of
resources.
 Livelihood analysis – income sources.
 Value chain mapping
 Animal health
 Breeding
 Feeding
 Food safety and nutrition

 Partners were contacted to propose candidates
for the facilitators short-term positions.
 Eight facilitators were selected from a list of 18
applicants. Two were maintained as
replacement option.
 Two facilitators are graduate students at
Makerere University, sponsored by ILRI. They
will use some VCA data for their thesis.
 All facilitators were trained and participated in
testing the VCA tool-kit.

 Farmers for VCA sessions
selected at random from
lists provided by local
partners
 Launching workshops with
district authorities and
technical staff.
 Review of VCA tool-kit with
district technical staff, and
coordination of field work.

 Plenary session to
introduce all participants to
the VCA tool-kit.
 Farmers’ focus group
discussions.
 Farmers distributed at
random in groups, with two
facilitators per group, to
work on specific tools.
 Mixed or gender
disaggregated groups
according to the nature of
the tools applied.

 Separate focus group
discussion with key-
informants (information at
village level).
 Plenary session to
review/discuss constraints
and opportunities
identified in small groups
working with specific
technology components.

Key informants Mixed group
Only women Plenary session
After a long VCA week, a social
gathering in a pork joint

A SUMMARY OF RESULTS OBTAINED WILL BE
PRESENTED BY THE ILRI – UGANDA TEAM IN
THIS WORKSHOP

Farm
Systems:
Breeding
Growing/Fattening
Inputs and
Services
Pig breeder
Vet / Animal Prod
extension services
Agrovet / feed shop
owners
Feed manufacturers
and suppliers
Transporters- feed
Post-farm
Live-pig traders
Transporters
Slaughterers
Pork Butchers
Pork processors-
large and medium
Supermarkets/
restaurants
Consumers

INPUTS/SERVICES
 Feed input stockists and millers.
 Vet drugs stockists.
 Service providers:
 Veterinarians/AHA/paravets
 Owners of village breeding boars
 Extension staff (public and private)
 Credit

OUTPUT
 Traders of live pigs (including
collectors and transporters)
 Slaughterhouses/abattoirs
 Processors (formal-Fresh
Cuts/Quality Cuts)
 Retailers (meat/processed
products) –
butcheries, supermarkets, pork-
joints
 Consumers – preferences for
different pig/pork product
attributes – potentials for a choice
experiment study.

Ugandan future pig famers
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