1) The document discusses using crop value chains as a way to strengthen the resilience of agropastoralist systems in the Sahel region of Africa. 2) An analysis of the peanut value chain in Senegal found that wealth is created but unevenly distributed, with 10% of agropastoralists accumulating 50% of added value. 3) Intermediaries play a dominant role in the peanut value chain, while producers have little influence. Technical and economic links between actors are very weak.

1. Mainstreaming Livestock Value Chains
Economic analysis of non-livestock productions in agro-pastoral areas
The crop value chain as lateral thinking for the livestock
economy in the Sahel
Wane A., Touré I., Mballo A. D., Nokho C. I., Konaté A.
Accra, Ghana. 5 - 6 November 2013

2. Overview of this contribution
Context of uncertainties = securisation of production system
The peanut value chain: financial and economic
utility for the agropastoralists
Crop analysis as lateral thinking for the livestock Economy in the
Sahel
Agropastoralists:
not the main
beneficiaries of
value added
strong social
but
weak economic
relationships
Crops
contribution to
resilience building

3. Sahelian pastoralism: production system and livelihood
in the context of risks, uncertainties and opportunities
Economic Risks /
Uncertainties /
opportunities
Climate Risks /
Uncertainties
Non-market inputs
Market inputs
- animals
- natural resources
- family labor
- animals
- wage Labor
- animal feed
Productions
Diversification
- livestock
- derivatives (milk, butter)
Global
Productions
Stored
Production
Political Risks /
Uncertainties /
Opportunities
Sold
Production
Self-consumed
Production
Social Risks /
Uncertainties /
Opportunities

5. Peanut value chain in Senegalese Sahel:
wealth creation but uneven distribution
For agropastoralists: Gini index = 0.65
10 per cent of the agropastoralists accumulate 50
per cent of the value added

6. Influence levels of the different actors (1)

7. Influence levels of the different actors (2)
middlemen of
Touba,
the
collectors and
some process
women: more
influential
individual
The producers are the most vulnerable in the market:
80 per cent have any influence in the value chain

8. Positions of the different players in the value chain
intermediates from Touba (in yellow) are the most
solicited actors and have a dominant role

9. Capability transfers between the different actors
technical and economic links are very weak (3 per cent)
while social links are important

10. Findings and avenues for future research
 Towards crop value chain as one pillar of the
resilience building of Sahelian agropastoralists
 Intensification of crop-livestock activities to obtain
viable and sustainable production systems
- genuine inter-professional actions
- technical, organisational,
innovation platform
-
managerial
and
management
common rules in the micro sector
co-validation of quality conventions (inputs and final products),
capacity building of stakeholders
development of credit and insurance systems
implementation of market information systems