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- 1. OutcomesGoalTo contribute to environmentallysustainable, enhanced income andgender equitable wealth creation forsmallholders and other value chainsactors through increased and sustainedmarket-off-take of high value livestockand irrigated crop commodities.Unlocking livestock development potential through science, influence and capacitydevelopment ILRI APM, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2013Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains forEthiopian Smallholders (LIVES) projectThis document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence May 2013Contact detailsLivestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Box 5689, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaPhone: +251 11 617 2000Fax: +251 11 617 2001Email: [email protected]: www.lives-ethiopia.orgLIVES Zones and their commoditiesThe project staff andpartner institutions willprovide training of trainers(TOT). Then support thiscapacity developmentthrough regular coachingand mentoring sessions atfield and supervisory levels.Capturing, storing and sharingknowledge through variousinterventions will fuel the valuechain development process andcomplement capacitydevelopment interventions inproject target areas.To reach value chain actorsand service providers outsidethe projects target areas,promotional activities will beundertaken to scale outresults nationally andinternationally.Using innovation systems andvalue chain approaches testedand validated, organizationaland institutional innovationsand improved technologies todevelop the selectedcommodity value chains willbe introduced and promoted.To feed the other projectcomponents, project lessonsand results will bedocumented through strategicdiagnostic, action and impactstudies by project staff inpartnership with regional,national and internationalresearch institutes.Market oriented commodity value chain developmentPromotion ResearchKnowledge Management Value Chain DevelopmentCapacity DevelopmentBackgroundLivestock and Irrigation Value Chains of Ethiopian Smallholders project is a sixyears (2012-2018) research for development project supported by CanadianInternational Development Agency (CIDA). The project is implemented in tenZones of four Regional States in Ethiopia.Increased capacity/knowledge of value chain actorsand service providersIncreased uptake of value chaininterventions
