This document outlines a plan to develop small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia. It identifies key stakeholders involved, including government ministries and agencies, NGOs, and research institutions. The plan's vision is for poor Ethiopians to enjoy increased production, income, and nutrition from sustainable small ruminant value chains by 2020. Major activities include identifying intervention areas, reviewing the small ruminant sector, developing value chain analysis tools, conducting rapid assessments, and prioritizing potential interventions.

1. • Needs-based capacity building of extension agents and producers on small
ruminant management (input supply and production)
• Animal health (input supply and production):
• Feeding (input supply and production)
• Organization/institutional Interventions related to marketing
• Capacity building on transport, slaughtering, safe preparation and handling of
animal source foods
Major research and development ‘best bets’
The problem tree
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May 2013
Ethiopia small ruminant value chain development
Key actors and partners
EIAR, regional agricultural research
institutes, ministries of agriculture,
regional livestock agencies, district
cooperatives, NVI, EMDTI, Export
abattoirs, FAO, Farm Africa, PCDP,
LIVES, AGP-LMD, PRIME
Our vision: In 2020 we see poor men and women in Ethiopia enjoying increased levels of production, income
and nutritious consumption from effective development of sustainable small ruminant value chains.
Major outputs
• Potential areas for intervention in small ruminant
value chains identified and characterized
• Reviews and analysis of the smallholder small
ruminant sector in Ethiopia
• A complete set of VCA tools available through the
wiki
• Peer-reviewed Rapid VCA reports for small
ruminant value chains
• Compendia of prioritized, potential interventions in
the small ruminant value chains for target sites
• Tools to support genetic interventions, such as
breeding guidelines, training manuals, data
management and feedback systems
THE CORE
PROBLEM
THE
CAUSES
Insufficient feed
resources (climate
and land
availability)
Poorly
developed
markets
Lack of
effective
policies and
institutions
Feed shortage
and/or
utilization
Lack of
research and
technology
transfer
WHOLE VALUE CHAIN
INPUTS &
SERVICES
PRODUCTION MARKETINGPROCESSING CONSUMPTION
High
morbidity
and mortality
High market pricesLow income of VC actors Food insecurity
Malnutrition Hidden hungerPovertyTHE IMPACT
Degradation
of resource
base
Lack of knowledge
and skills in SR
management
Poor performance of sheep and goat value
chains
ASF quality and
safety
Inadequate
input supplies
Weak linkages
between producers
and markets
Disease
pressure
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